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There is
a word that can dramatically change your
life. Everyone knows the word. Every one
uses the word several times a day. It is
a short word that packs a punch.
Properly utilized, it will help you
accomplish anything you decide to do.
The word is only three letters, and it
is usually the first word of the
question. The word is how.
Close cousins of how - who, what, when,
where and why are also important as
Rudyard Kipling explains in his poem in
the Just So Stories:
I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.
But you know the answers to the
questions of who, what, when, where, and
why. You know who you are and who you
want to become. You know, or at least
have an idea of what you want to do with
your life. You know when you need to
start. You know where you are and you
know why you want to do it. But you may
not know how.
In order to achieve your goals or to
make changes in your life, you just need
to know the answer to the question,
"How?" You need to ask, "How can I
improve my health?", "How can I start a
new business?", or "How can I improve my
relationship with my husband or wife?"
You can achieve any goal that you write
down if only you know how and if you
take action on the answer to the
question, "How can I do that?"
The answers to the "How" questions are
usually simple. You just need to focus
on asking the right "How" question. If
the answer seems complicated, you have
not clarified the question enough to get
the right answer. There is one obstacle
when using the word how to help you
achieve your goals. You cannot answer
only one "How" question. You have to be
persistent and keep asking how questions
until you get the answer you need. "How
do I lose weight?" The answer is to eat
fewer calories than you burn off. What a
simple answer. Most of you already know
that, but you may not be taking action
on it because you stopped asking how
before you got the answer that you
needed to begin taking action. You
should follow-up with the question, "How
do I eat fewer calories?" Then ask "How
do I eat fewer calories without being
hungry?" The next question might be,
"How do I prepare foods that are low
calorie, filling, and great tasting?"
Finally, ask, "How can I maintain this
way of eating for the rest of my life so
the weight never comes back?"
The point is to keep asking how
questions until you find the answer that
works for you. Two people may achieve
the same goal using two completely
different methods. You need to ask "How"
until you find your method. The true
power of the question "How" is that the
answer has already been discovered by
someone else or, at the very least,
someone else has the information you
need to help you discover the answer for
yourself. Galileo said that the reason
he accomplished so much in the fields of
astronomy, physics and mathematics is
because he "stood on the shoulders of
giants." He used all of the knowledge
that was discovered by those before him,
and he kept asking "How?" Genius has
been defined as the ability to make
finer and finer distinctions. In other
words, genius is the ability to find
answers to more "How" questions.
You don't need to be a genius to
accomplish your goals. You don't need to
discover everything by yourself. You
just need to keep asking the question,
"How can I do that?" Then, you need to
take the actions dictated by the
answers. Ask the question "How", learn
the answers, take persistent action and
you will succeed.
About The Author:
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Dr. Doug Fullington is a board-certified
Internal Medicine physician with a busy
practice filled with wonderful patients.
He is passionate about helping people
learn how to Achieve Maximum Health. If
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