What If I Said No? (And Other Questions to Consider Daily)
A self-interview to prompt awareness, focus, and growth
Voltaire said the way to judge a person was by the questions they asked. I think that’s right. Because none of us are perfect and we all fall short of our own standards, what matters are the questions we ask—of ourselves and other people — in our pursuit of self-improvement. What matters is the wrestling we do as we work to find the answers.
A few years ago I wrote a piece about 12 questions I think we should ask ourselves on a daily basis. They included questions about the company we keep, the worries we indulge, and the purpose we set for ourselves. They are questions whose answers have changed a lot for me as I have asked them throughout my life, but they have never failed to make me better or give me something to think about.
I’ve also realized they don’t address everything I believe is important. So here are 13 more questions that will change your life, if you let them — if you ask them consistently and try to answer them honestly.
How can I be stronger for this?
Ernest Hemingway supposedly said the first draft of everything is shit — which, of all the beautiful things Hemingway has written, applies most of all to the end of…
