{"id":1128,"date":"2014-12-01T18:12:20","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T22:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2020-04-12T13:23:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T17:23:15","slug":"3-simple-questions-changed-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/3-simple-questions-changed-life\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Simple Questions That Changed My Life &#038; Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We rush around trying to get things done\u2014meet a deadline, finalize a deal, or respond to an email. We go from day to day rushing around like little automatons.<\/p>\n<p>After awhile, this becomes our lives. We get into our daily routine and before you know it the day is gone.<\/p>\n<p>This happens day after day and we often forget to stop and reflect.<\/p>\n<p>Losing the ability to reflect on things prevents us from growing as individuals and appreciating the daily occurrences in life\u2014the \u201csmall wins\u201d that make a difference in our lives.<\/p>\n<p>Up until a few of months ago, I was as guilty as anyone of doing this. But then I stumbled upon something that\u2019s changed my life.<\/p>\n<p>I do it every chance I get and it\u2019s had a profound influence on my life.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve done it so often it\u2019s now a habit with Ivy &amp; I.<\/p>\n<h2>3 Simple Questions<\/h2>\n<p>I was introduced to this concept by a buddy of mine, Jim Sheils.<\/p>\n<p>Jim\u2019s the co-founder of <a title=\"Board Meetings\" href=\"http:\/\/boardmeetings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BoardMeetings.com<\/a> \u2014 an organization that strengthens the relationships parents have with their children through unique educational experiences.<\/p>\n<p>This was also recommended to me by a few <a title=\"Entrepreneurs' Organization\" href=\"http:\/\/eotoronto.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EO members<\/a> like Greg Parsons.<\/p>\n<p>Then most recently, I noticed the trend when&nbsp;having dinner with <a title=\"Jay Firestone\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jayfirestone.com\/html.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jay Firestone<\/a>. He also told me the exact same thing!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how it works, and how I&#8217;ve customized it for myself:<\/p>\n<p>When you ask people how their day was or how they&#8217;ve been doing they respond with a simple \u201cfine\u201d or \u201cgood.\u201d They really don\u2019t think about their responses.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve probably done this yourself a thousand times. I know have\u2026 and sometimes I still do it!<\/p>\n<p>Next time you talk to someone you care about, try this instead. Ask him or her any or all of these simple questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What was the best part of your day today?<\/li>\n<li>What was the worst part of your day today?<\/li>\n<li>What is the one thing you learn today?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That\u2019s all there is to it. You\u2019ll be surprised that when someone really stops to reflect on their day how much more you\u2019ll learn about them. I do it every chance I get and it\u2019s had a profound influence on my life.<\/p>\n<h2>Encourage&nbsp;People To&nbsp;Reflect<\/h2>\n<p>Asking any of these three questions stops people in their tracks. More importantly, it makes them to think. That\u2019s because they can\u2019t give you a routine answer to either question.<\/p>\n<p>They have to think and reflect about the whole day. That\u2019s what you want.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been doing it for a few months now with Ivy &amp; I.<\/p>\n<p>Every day she asks me those questions. And I ask them back. It gets us to really think about what happened during the day and to appreciate the \u201csmall wins\u201d that occur.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I can\u2019t wait to apply&nbsp;it with&nbsp;my daughter Carly, when she gets older.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best part about this is you can use this idea in many other situations. Be creative.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing how well it has been going I\u2019m looking forward to integrating this with close friends, colleagues and business partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We rush around trying to get things done\u2014meet a deadline, finalize a deal, or respond to an email. We go from day to day rushing around like little automatons. After awhile, this becomes our lives. We get into our daily routine and before you know it the day is gone. This happens day after day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,1],"tags":[36,56,55,54],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeremychoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}