Understanding Who WE are!

Exploring who you are is something that fascinates many people....
here are some tools to do this:

* Personality tests

* Another personality test:
Long Test or Short test

* The Right Questions:
The Right Questions - 10 Essential Qustions to Guide you to an Extraordinary Life! (by Debbie Ford)

These are question to ask ourselves when we are making choices in our lives:

1. Will this choice propel me toward an inspiring future or will it keep me stuck in the past?
2. Will this choice bring me long-term fulfillment or will it bring me short-term gratificaiton?
3. Am I standing in my power or am I trying to please another?
4. Am I looking for what's right or am I looking for what's wrong?
5. Will this choice add to my life force or will it rob me of my energy?
6. Will I use this situation as a catelyst to grow and evolve or will I use it to beat myself up?
7. Does this choice empower me or does it disempower me?
8. Is this an act of self-love or is it an act of self-sabotage?
9. Is this an act of faith or is it an act of fear?
10. Am I choosing from my divinity or am I choosing from my humanity? (I'm not far enough in the book to totally understand this yet.)



* 7 Essential Questions:

1. How would you describe yourself as a child between the ages of 5 and 12.

2. What did you learn about women/men while you were growing up?
3. What are three or four of your early childhood memories?
4. How would you describe either of your parents?
5. What were your siblings like?
6. What's the difference between your ideal self and your real self? (
7. How would you fill in the blank?: I only matter in life when I am _______

from Kevin Leman The Birth Order Connection

Getting along with others:

Outwitted

He drew a circle that shut me out -
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout;
But Love and I had the wit to win:
I drew a circle that took him in!

By: Edwin Markham's


The Power Of Questioning:
"Questions are the lasers into human consciousness. Use their power to cut through all obstacles in life. Successful people ask THEMSELVES tougher questions and provide themselves better answers." -Anthony Robbins

QUALITY QUESTIONS create QUALITY LIVES!

Quality Questions:
are about the questioner
use I, me, myself, etc...never her, him, he, she, they, etc
are used to understand the questioners feelings or emotions or motives or actions....

example:
Why do I....
Why did I....
How could I get my teacher to listen to me. (Not, why doesn't my teacher listen?)
How could I have reacted to.....
Where did I go wrong?
What could I have done differently?
Who am I trying to impress?


Daily Power Questions:
What makes me happy?
Why does this make me happy?
How do I feel when I'm happy?

(Goal: to understand why things make us happy so we are able to look for happiness in other places. For example: Skiing make me happy because I can think on the lift. By understanding that thinking makes me happy I can create that in other places. Also, by understanding how I feel when happy, I can recognize it! Skiing makes me happy because it makes me feel peaceful. I might then recognize feeling peaceful while reading and realize that also makes me happy.)

More Daily Power Questions:
What do I give?
How do I contribute?
What did I learn recently/today?
How has today enhanced my life?
How can I use today as an investment for my future?


As a Human Being, I have the Right:
to be considered as a mature adult.
to have my needs be of equal importance to the needs of others.
to makes mistakes and to be responsible for them.
to make my own deicisons.
to say "no" (without feeling guilty).
to express my opinion.
to feel and express anger - as well as other emotions - as long as I do not hurt others.
to be listened to.
to be responsible for myself and my actions.
to say "I don't know" or "I don't understand"
to feel positive toward myself and my accomplishments.
~not sure who wrote these?

4 agreements:
Don't make assumptions.
Don't take things personally.
Be impeccalbe with your word.
Always do your best.
~Don Miguel Ruiz