How often do you stand your ground?

How often do you budge?

How do you know what is the right move?

If you budge, by how much?

Often, the right move is to stand your ground.

You ask for what is fair and that's that.

Sometimes budging is the right move.

Sometimes you ask for more, so you can budge.

The same is true for agreements.

Agreements are there to be kept, if they can.

If they cannot, then what do you do?

Which personal precautions do you take?

How can you ensure you continue to perform?

What areas do you neglect?

Will these come to haunt you in the future?

Precautions pay off long term.

Neglecting yourself now will cost a multiple in the future.

Invest in yourself and keep your machine well-oiled.

It is like a car, do maintenance before things break.

Broken parts cause huge costs.

Are you prone to helping others?

How often is your help actually needed?

How often do you make things worse?

Why did your help worsen the situation?

We are fast to decided someone needs our help.

Often, we don‘t even ask and just interfere.

Do you like receiving unrequested help?

People need to want help for it to be effective.

How often do you engage in a discussion?

How do you conduct them?

How is it different to a debate?

Why do you engage in a discussion?

Discussions are not about being right.

They are for sharing and learning.

They can bond people.

They can move people apart.

Not everyone is able to have a discussion.

How often do you make jokes?

How often are they at the expense of another?

How often do they come at your own expense?

Why do you make fun of others?

Is the banter reciprocal?

We tend to make fun of each other.

It is fine to do so, but where do you draw the line?

Often you mean well, but still you end up hurting others.

No everyone can take the same amount of banter.

What loose ends need closing?

How does it feel to have these?

Why do you have them?

What can you do right now to close them?

Often, we leave loose ends behind us.

They will come to bite us.

They will hold us back.

Closing them now is for the better.

Start small and keep at it.

How often do you forget things?

Why do you do it?

Why does it happen?

How do you feel?

How often do other people forget?

How do you react to it?

Forgetting things is human.

Most of the time it is not on purpose.

The forgetful will feel shame.

Consider this.

How do you deal with rejection?

How personal do you take it?

How hard does it hit you?

How often can you try?

Rejection is part of life.

We experience it daily.

Some more than others.

Some can stomach more, some less.

Sometimes it hurts more, sometimes less.

How well do you understand the meaning of words?

How often do you use words you do not understand?

How often are the words you say hollow?

How do you feel after it?

We are quick to use words we do not understand.

We use them to sound smarter than we are.

We use them to manipulate.

We use them to cover up.

Is it worth lying to yourself?

Have you taken charge of your life?

Do you know what you like?

Do you know what you do not like?

Do you make suggestions?

Or do you go along with anything?

Taking charge of your choices is paramount.

If you do not, then life makes them for you.

One area in life affects the others.

Be a doormat in one and suffer the consequences in others.

Do you grab an opportunity by its neck?

How do you know it is the right one?

How long do you take for a decision?

Who should you ask for advice?

If you have no second guesses, take it.

The right opportunity will feel right.

Then there is no need to drag it out.

If there is a way back, even more so.

If there is not a way back, it warrants caution.

How do you perceive your hardships?

Why do you see it in that way?

What did you learn?

What do you have in life due to it?

We often only see the hard side of hardship.

Yet we ignore the ship that sails into the future.

Hardship is a resource.

It is the wind that makes your ship sail faster.

Don't labor on the oars, harness the wind.

What is it worth?

What is it worth to you?

What is it worth to someone else?

What is the market value?

The worth of things can be very emotional.

The price is often very subjective.

The market value is debatable.

Buyers and sellers are often irrational.

Is it even worth your time and effort?

Did you explain yourself properly?

Why were you not understood?

How can you make the other understand?

How often does this happen to you?

It is your job to get your message across.

If another misunderstands, try again...

and again, till the message hits home.

Getting angry won't help you.

Explain what you need politely.

You shall be amazed afterward.

How do you know if the truth is told?

How often are you right?

Is the truth a thing of black and white?

Do you always have a right to the truth?

Often we are not told the truth.

Often we are told half the truth.

People tell their perspectives.

So how do we find the truth?

When do you need to know the truth?

Search for the truth where it counts.

What do you feel entitled to?

Why do you believe you are?

How does it feel to expect nothing?

Why shackle yourself with entitlement?

Believing you are entitled to anything,

is like shackling yourself.

For those who feel entitled become victims.

Those who expect nothing are truly free.

How tired are you?

Why are you tired?

What could you change?

Being exhausted hampers your progress.

It also hampers your contentment.

And it makes your decisions worse.

Do you eat well?

Do you sleep enough?

Is there mold in your flat?

Do you drink enough?

And so on...

You are facing a huge problem.

What do you do?

What is the optimal solution?

How can you tackle the issue?

Big problems are daunting.

So much so, that we freeze.

Often, there is a simple first solution.

This action will create freedom to move.

Freedom to work on the optimal solution.

How do you react to others struggling?

Can you show compassion?

Can you support them?

Do you get annoyed by it?

Why do you react the way you do?

We all struggle at some point.

We all have our demons to fight.

Some days it is worse than others.

Have patience when it is a hard period.

Do you know your limits?

How often do you challenge your limits?

By how much do you challenge them?

The right amount or too much?

Knowing your limits is important.

Challenging them even more so.

Too much may have dire consequences.

Challenge yourself just a little every day.

This ensures sustainable growth.