9. If I was in your shoes and asked
for advice, what would be the first
thing you’d tell me?
—Thom J. Ferrie
10. What would you try now if you
knew you could not fail?
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—Alyssa Gonzalez
11. Just because that happened in the
past, why must it happen again?
—Renee Stuart
12. Is what you are doing helping you
follow your joy?
—Jen Mickelson
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13. If your money could talk, what
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favorite powerful questions to
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responses here to inspire you in
your coaching practice.
15. How does this decision match up
with who you know you are?
—Lucio Andrés Pérez
14. What is the experience you are
looking to create?
—Rodney Mueller
—Rebecca Macfarlane
16. When will you start?
—Pat Kennedy
17. What small steps can you take to
get you closer to your vision?
—Josephine de la Paz
18. What are you waiting for?
—Juan Elías Romero Vázquez
1. If I were to give you an extra hour a
day, what would you do with it?
—Francisco Alvarez
2. What would you do if you had
unlimited resources?
—Karen Martin Miner
3. What story is holding you back?
—Chris Padgett
4. What will you do first?
—Katarzyna Wojnar
5. What’s holding you back?
—Jenny Leow
19. What do you think the moral of
that story is?
—Brent Nestler
20. What part of what you’ve just said
could be an assumption?
—Rachel Mendonca Gojer
21. What are the positive outcomes of
this negative situation?
—Vanya L. Marinova
22. What story do you most often hear
yourself telling?
—Nancy Mathias
6. How much energy are you willing to
put into that?
23. And … ?
7. How would your ideal self create a
solution?
24. If you knew the answer, what would
it be?
8. What are you trying to prove to
yourself?
25. What am I not asking you that you
really want me to ask?
—Alisa Manjarrez
—Mark Smith
—Jessica Malavez
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—Katy Caroan
—Rita Tourigny
—Annie Gelfand