The Coaching Question I'm Obsessed With!

The essence of coaching is asking someone questions that opens up something in them - an insight, an awareness, an aha moment - that they can act on.

So, I'm always on the lookout for a great open-ended question I can use with clients and, quite frankly, myself.

On a recent Tim Ferriss podcast, executive coach and author, Jerry Colonna shared a question his therapist posed to him over 30 years ago. How have you been complicit in creating these conditions you complain so much about?

And I thought wow, now that's a question.

It's the one I'm reflecting on and obsessing over - for myself and my clients.

Why not give it a try? Get out your journal, put that question at the top of the page, and then start writing your answers. It just might point to the next right action for you.