In this fast paced world there will be no time for reflection, for noodling on open-ended questions, for speculation about other possibilities for organizing work and life unless the time is allocated for that purpose. The "found time" can be in the car, the shower, on a plane, wherever - the important thing is to engage with questions, not for THE answer, but for the insights the question provides. These are the kinds of questions that can be revisited for new insights and new perspectives - that's the value of inquiry and reflection.
For example, considering a coaching relationship? Here are some questions to noodle on:
- Why would I want to engage in a coaching relationship - what value would I want to get from being coached?
- Is it my choice to engage in a coaching relationship - is anyone "encouraging" me that I "should" have a coach?
- If I did get a coach and the coaching relationship works our well, what would I want to accomplish – both qualitatively and quantitavely?
- What do I want to accomplish in my career and in my relationships at work that is not currently predictable – like I could not promise that outcome any time soon – and I want it?
- What am I dealing with – that is on my plate right now – that isn’t moving as fast as I want – where my intentions are being stopped blocked or interrupted?
- What have I been told about my results, my ways of being, my ways of dealing with people, that does not work?
- Where do I find myself constrained, thwarted, resigned or stopped?
- What have I been told – or just know about me – that works?
- When I am backed into a corner, or when I am under pressure, what technique do I use to get what I want and get out of difficulty - my winning play-book?
- What kind of people, or situations, do I have difficulty dealing with, or avoid altogether - that if I could deal with I would be more effective in my work, life?
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