No one may have ever told you

But there’s a mechanism in your mind

Designed to seek answers

Anytime a question is asked.

That’s right!

Anytime your brain hears a question

Whether asked by you

Or someone else

A process inside your head is triggered

That’s begins searching for possible answers

This mechanism is automatic

You don’t control it

It just happens

And you can’t really stop it either

When a question is asked

The mechanism is triggered

And answers are sought

What’s more…

It doesn’t matter how rational the question is

This mechanism simply begins

Thinking about possible answers and solutions

And then brings those answers and solutions

Into your awareness

Don’t believe me?

Try it for yourself

Ask yourself a question, like:

Why is swimming fun?

Or

Why is exercise healthy?

Notice the answers that come into your head

It may say things like:

• You get to be in water
• It gives the body movement
  
• In fact…

In fact...

You can ask two opposing questions

And this mechanism of your brain

Will seek answers to both

You might ask yourself:

Why are kids so annoying? 

The mechanism will

Come up with answers, like:

• They’re loud
• They don't listen
• They’re out of control.

Now if you ask the opposite question

Why are kids so much fun?

The responses will be totally different

They will be in line with the fun qualities of kids, like:

• They are innocent
• They're playful
• They're full of energy and joy

Whether you think

Kids are annoying or fun

Is irrelevant

The answers your brain gives you

Will always be in line with the questions you ask

Since asking questions triggers your mind

To search for answers

This is a great way

To use it like ChatGPT

You can ask yourself questions

That move in the direction you want

For example …

If you’ve lost your phone

You might ask:

Where’s my phone?

Or

Where did I last see my phone?

If you’re stressed about an upcoming deadline

You might ask:

How can I finish this assignment in the next hour?

When you ask such questions

Just like ChatGPT

Your brain starts thinking

Of possible answers and solutions

It happens automatically

You don’t have to try

Or put in effort

What’s even more…

This can keep you out of drama

Anytime we’re confronted

With an unexpected situation

All of a sudden

The brain floods the body

With intense fear and anxiety

Which not only limits our thinking

But makes us feel

The solution is going to be hard or difficult

So we make things much harder 

And more difficult

Than it has to be

For example….

Recently, one of my clients left her purse in an Uber

After being dropped off at the airport

When she realized it

Her mind went into panic:

- I don’t have my driver’s license

- I can’t check in for my fight

- I will miss my flight

- I need to go to the DMV for another ID

- I’m going to have to cancel my credit cards

- All my money is in there

As you can see…

She was spiraling out of control

To stop the spiraling

She asked herself:

How can I catch this flight?

All of a sudden

The panic began to subside

As her brain began working on the solutions:

- Although I don’t have my driver’s license

- I can drive back and pick up my passport

- Maybe I can have my husband drop of the passport

- Maybe my work ID might get me on the plance

And then a thought surfaced

- I can call Uber to contact the driver

Which lead to another thought

- Maybe I can message the driver directly from the app

She checked to see if she could

So she did

And the driver came back and dropped off the purse

Drama avoided

Asking the right question

Can keep you from spiraling in a negative direction

And see solutions you’re too caught up from seeing

Solutions that are obvious

And staring you in the face

What’s really great about this features

Is that unlike ChatGPT

Which only gives you answers

With your brain

You will not only get answers

But often

You’ll find yourself acting on the answer

For example…

Another one of my clients struggled to get out of bed

He’d lay in bed for hours on end

Trying to call up the energy to get up

He tried all the traditional tips

But none seemed to work

Now

Every morning he wakes up

He asks himself:

How can I get out of bed and jump into a hot shower?

Not only does his brain come up with answers

But he finds himself naturally getting up

That’s because…

Asking "how" signals to your brain

You want that outcome

And your brain will do its best

To create that outcome

If you’re nervous about an upcoming presentation

You might just ask:

How can I stay calm and relaxed? 

Or 

How can I give an excellent presentation?

You’ll find yourself naturally getting calm

And delivering an excellent presentation

Nervous about an upcoming interview?

Ask yourself:

How can I deliver an excellent interview that gets me the job?

These are just some examples

There are many more ways to prompt your mind

The mistake most people make 

Is they ask themselves “why”

• Why can’t I get stuff done?
• Why isn’t this working?
• Why does this keep happening?

Or

• Why can't I do anything right?

Asking "why" reinforces the negative

Remember your brain doesn’t care what the question is

It simply searches for answers

When you ask why

You’re telling your brain

That you can't do anything right

And now you want answers as to why

This not only prevents you from seeing solutions

But reinforces the problem

And essentially

You nail the coffin to your own grave

So…

STOP ASKING WHY

And instead ask, “how”

• How can I give an excellent speech the audience will love?
• How can respond to this email in a way the recipient would like?
• How can I fund this project?

How

How

How

Like I said

This is just the start

You can prompt engineer your brain

In so many ways

You can use it:

- In relationships

- With your goals

- To manage emotions

- On your kids

- And more

I put together a fun little course called Prompt Engineering for Your Mind

It shows you how to use this technique

To shift how you look at problems

Deal with situations

And move in the direction you want

Smooth and easily