Ask twice…

You may get a differnt answer the second time.

One of the most simple questions you can ask can also be one of the most effective for someone to make their BreakthrU… when you ask twice.

How many times during the average week are you asked “how are you doing”, “how’s things”, “you doing ok”? Now also think about your response. I imagine it’s a very quick, almost automatic reply along the lines of- “yeah all good” but in the back of your mind you know damn well that all is not good. I think this is only made worse by our standard British greeting of “Alirght?” which we are accustomed to just responding the same back. It’s almost as if the question of asking if you’re alright has been diluted and it may as well have just replaced the word hello.

Imagine a scenario where someone asks if you’re ok and you quickly reply with a “yep”. Now imagine if the person asking follows it up with “I can see something’s up, let’s go grab a coffee and talk it through”. In this scenario someone is inviting you to make your initial BreakthrU and to identify where you need to begin to make things better.

Ask twice….