Book Title: Ask more
Book chapter: Imagine This: Creative Question
Author: Frank Sesno Reviewed by: Jason Cheng Qi Quan
Have you remembered your good dream last time while sleeping? I believe everyone of us like dream! Why? This is because you can do anything you want inside your dream. There are no restrictions in the virtual world. You are the main character in our dream. You have the power, choice ,and rights to transform into your ideal world in your dream.
Daydreaming is one of the ways to articulate creative questions! How to do it ? Let's go travel! Bring me along and travel to your future. I can be your tourist guide Travel to the future shapes your future better. Without a doubt, lets us do some preparation before traveling. The first step is to ask the future question in the present tense. Ask yourself who you are and what you are doing? What is your biggest dream you want to achieve in life? Try to imagine yourself. Try to do something that can relate to your values and bring impact to society. Don't let society influence your decision to pursue your personal goals. Yes ,it is undeniable that we are always aware of how people look at us. It is simple to say that I don't care how people look at me, I want to become the true version of myself. However, it takes some time to adapt to it. you must have the courage to transform yourself, confront your feeling, and harmonize yourself. For example, you might say that:
I want to become a famous dancer to dance in the street and entertain the people around me! I am happy when I see the smiles on other people's faces!
Yes! I can see you are the dancer that can bring happiness to you and the people around you. The next step is to use your power of imagination.
Imagination helps you trigger more creative questions. Imagine that after five years you are a famous dancer. You have won several dancing competitions. At that moment, ask yourself.
Who are you?
What are you doing?
Do you feel happy and satisfied?
Who are your fans and supporters?
How you achieve it?
After the questions are formed, go and search for the answer. The answer will guide you in that direction. Find a way to achieve it and know your reason. It is a way to help you visualize yourself better. It can save your time because you are doing the right action. It reduces all the fear of loss in life.
Next is to imagine the reality. Creative question transports you to a different place, different roles,and different situations. It forces us to think from another perspective. We have multiple roles in life. At the office we are employees, at home we are family members. We may encounter a different situation in different roles. Do you have the experience when you stuck or you face difficult problems? Creative question is a way to solve it. You can start to use it to create your imagined situation and then start to ask the question.
If I am the CEO of the company.....
Where should I go?
How can I solve this problem?
What is my plan for the company's future?
If I am her boyfriend.....
How can I make her happy?
What is her favorite item?
Does her value match with my value?
Does she like the real me?
The creative question helps you to think if you play that particular role. It helps you acknowledge the responsibility of the role and what is the action you should do. you can also imagine yourself as the people you admire, God that you believe spiritually, or your role model in life. For example, you can ask yourself,
If I am Steve Jobs, how can I create an item that changes the lives of other people?
If I am Buddha, how can I control my emotion or help others?
Answer to that question that only for yourself. Don't underestimate the power of the creative question, a small question can bring a big impact on your life. Although most of us have a normal life, we can create a special action to empower our daily life. It may sound insignificant to others but who cares? It sounds matters to you. It is depending on whether you care or not. Therefore, try to become mindful and observe your behavior, what are the things you care about the most? Maybe that time you will start to know what you want and practice to become a true self. There is no static truly self. It will changes from time to time because our needs change after we grow. So it is ok to adjust yourself to suit at the moment.
Lastly, ask the future question in the present tense can help you travel to the future and spark your imagination.Moreover, try to imagine today if you play a particular role, what is your next action? Creative question helps us to change our habitual thinking patterns. Sometimes the crazy question may come across our mind, don't ignore it and welcome it. It may sounds unrelated to your current situation. But who knows? One day you may relate the crazy answer to your ability and open a business! I hope that creative questions can made your life better. Happy reading!
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