Anthony Robbins AWAKEN THE GIANT... - Lemma Coaching

Quality questions create a quality life. You need to bum this idea into your brain, because it's as
important as anything else you'll learn in this book. Businesses succeed when those who make the
decisions that control their destiny ask the right questions about markets or strategies or product lines.
Relationships flourish when people ask the right questions about where potential conflicts exist and
how to support each other instead of tearing each other down. Politicians win elections when the
questions they raise—whether explicitly or implicitly—provide answers that work for them and their
community.
When the automobile was in its infancy, hundreds of people tinkered with building them, but Henry
Ford asked, "How can I mass-produce it?"
Millions chafed under communism, but Lech Walesa asked, "How can I raise the standard of living for
all working men and women?" Questions set off a processional effect that has an impact beyond our
imagination. Questioning our limitations is what tears down the walls in life—in business, in
relationships, between countries. I believe all human progress is preceded by new questions.
THE POWER OF QUESTIONS
"Some men see things as they are, and say, 'Why?' I dream of things that never were, and say, 'Why
not?'"
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Most of us, when we see someone of extraordinary capability or someone who seems to have a
superhuman capacity to deal with life's challenges, think things like, "They're so lucky! They're so
talented! They must have been born that way." But in reality, the human brain has the capacity to
produce answers faster than the "smartest" computer on earth, even considering today's
microtechnology with computers that calculate in nanoseconds (billionths of a second). It would take
two buildings the size of the World Trade Center to house the storage capacity of your brain!
Yet this three-pound lump of gray matter can give you more firepower instantly for coming up with
solutions to challenges and creating powerful emotional sensations than anything in man's vast arsenal
of technology.
Just like a computer boasting tremendous capacity, without an understanding of how to retrieve and
utilize all that's been stored, the brain's capacity means nothing. I'm sure you've known someone
(maybe even yourself) who has purchased a new computer system and never used it simply because
he or she didn't figure out how. If you want access to the files of valuable information in a computer,
you must understand how to retrieve the data by asking for it with the proper commands. Likewise,
what enables you to get anything you want from your own personal databanks is the commanding
power of asking questions.
"Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question."
E. E. CUMMINGS