Another new year, another list of resolutions... that you're probably not going to stick to. One simple tweak can make your resolutions actionable. Here’s how and why.

1. QUESTIONS
TO GET THINGS
DONE
THE POWER OF

2. WITH THE
NEW YEAR
COMES . . .

3. AND

5. RESOLUTIONS ARE
A BIT LIKE A
MOTHER-IN-LAW
IN FACT

6. BUT (AS WE ALL KNOW)
WELL-MEANING...
BUT OVERLY DEMANDING.
IMPOSSIBLE TO SATISFY.
OPPRESSIVE.

7. RESOLUTIONS SET US UP
FOR
FAILURE

9. WHERE ARE YOUR
RESOLUTIONS GOING TO
END UP?

10. AND SO I PRESENT, FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION . . .

11. THE
QUESTOLUTION

12. WHAT ON EARTH COULD IT BE?

13. A QUESTOLUTION =
A RESOLUTION
PUT IN THE FORM
OF A QUESTION

15. QUESTOLUTION:
HOW MIGHT I
GET IN BETTER
SHAPE THIS YEAR?

16. RECENT STUDIES
SHOW
WE’RE
ACTUALLY
MORE MOTIVATED
TO ACT IF . . .

17. . . .WE ASK OURSELVES
QUESTIONS
INSTEAD OF GIVING
OURSELVES
COMMANDS

18. BUT WHY?

19. QUESTIONS ARE MORE
ENGAGING
THAN STATEMENTS
Questolution Advantage #1

20. A QUESTION IS LIKE
CHALLENGE
A
OR A
PUZZLE

22. INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT OFF

23. QUESTIONS
Questolution Advantage #2

26. “WHAT IF I WERE TO
FIND NEW WAYS
TO EXERCISE?”

27. OR…

29. YOU ALMOST CAN’T HELP
TAPPING INTO YOUR
IMAGINATION &
CREATIVITY. . .

30. . . . AS YOU TRY TO
MAKE A DIFFICULT
CHALLENGE
MORE “DOABLE.”
. . . AS YOU

31. QUESTIONS ARE MORE
SHAREABLE
Questolution Advantage #3

32. NOBODY
WANTS TO HEAR
PROCLAMATIONS
YOUR
PREDICTIONS
OR

34. BUT
EVERYBODY
BECAUSE . . .
RESPONDS TO A QUESTION

35. REMEMBER ADVANTAGE #1?

36. WHEN YOU

39. HERE’S
ABOUT QUESTOLUTIONS
ONE MORE GOOD
THING
. . .

40. QUESTIONS ARE
LESS INTIMIDATING
THAN RESOLUTIONS
Questolution Advantage #4

41. PASS / FAIL TEST
A RESOLUTION IS LIKE A
(THAT WE USUALLY FAIL)

42. A QUESTOLUTION
IS MORE OF AN
OPEN-ENDED
EXPLORATION

45. AND

47. WHY NOT
GIVE IT A TRY?

48. IT’S EASY TO TURN
RESOLUTIONS INTO
QUESTOLUTIONS

50. USE THE POPULAR
INNOVATOR’S PHRASE
“HOW
MIGHT
I . . .

51. OR START YOUR
QUESTIONS
“WHAT IF. . .
WITH THE ALWAYS-POWERFUL WORDS

54. BROUGHT TO YOU BY
WARREN BERGER
Published by Bloomsbury
AMoreBeautifulQuestion.com
For more on how questioning
can change your life,
visit
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(@GlimmerGuy)

55. PHOTO
SOURCES:
• “Black
&
White
Balloons”
by
Anathea
Utley
|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
• DeflaAng
White
Balloon
by
zeevveez
|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
/
Converted
to
B&W,
cropped
• “Mother
in
Law”
by
José
Antonio
Morcillo
Valenciano
|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
• “Drumroll”
by
James
Lee
|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
/
Converted
to
B&W
• “Fat
Cat”
by
Les
ChaPield
|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
/
Converted
to
B&W
•
Scared
baby:
“LiSle
Scared
Here
Folks”
by
bardgabbard
|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
/
Converted
to
B&W
•
Microscope:
“Labomed
CxL”
by
igb
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
/
Converted
to
B&W,
altered
with
Q
mark
• “Stone
Tablets”
by
arbyreed,
used
under
CC
BY-­‐NC
2.0
/Converted
to
B&W
• “It
Looks
Insoluble”
by
David
Goehring
CarbonNYC
|
used
under
CC
BY-­‐NC
2.0
/Converted
to
B&W
• “Puzzl’d”
by
Robert
S.
Donovan
|
used
under
CC
BY-­‐NC
2.0
• “PuzzlePiece”
photo
by
_strawberryfields_
on
Flickr;
License:
ASribuAon,
Noncommercial,
Share
Alike
• Cat
on
window:
“Spark
Wallenda”
by
Dave
Hogg
|
used
under
CC
BY-­‐NC
2.0
/Converted
to
B&W
• “Catch
a
pit
bull
by
the
tail”
by
Beverly
&
Pack
|
used
under
CC
BY-­‐NC
2.0
/Converted
to
B&W
• “Let’s
run
away
together”
by
Beverly
&
Pack
|
used
under
CC
BY-­‐NC
2.0
/Converted
to
B&W
•
“Where
Do
I
Paddle”
by
Wayne
Silver
|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
/
Converted
to
B&W
• “Kite
Flying
on
Beach”
by
Wayne
Silver
|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
/
Converted
to
B&W
• “Huey
Running”
by
Wayne
Silver
|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
/
Converted
to
B&W
• “SebasAan
Barks”
by
Brad.K|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
/
Converted
to
B&W
• “Engagement
Ring”
by
ilovebuSer
|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
/
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to
B&W,
quesAon
mark
alteraAon
• Cat
swiping
dog
nose:
“Get
the
Cat!”
by
Greencolander
|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
/
Converted
to
B&W
• “Batman
and
Robin”
by
N.
Feans
|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
/
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to
B&W
• “Brothers”
by
John
Spade
|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
/
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to
B&W
• “Caterpillar”
by
Wayne
Truong
|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
/
Converted
to
B&W
• “Black
caterpillar
with
red
dots”
by
John
Tann
|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
/
Converted
to
B&W
• “Geometrid
caterpillar
by
John
Tann
|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
/
Converted
to
B&W
• “BuSerfly
1”
by
John-­‐Morgan
|
used
under
CC
BY
/
Converted
to
B&W
• “The
MacInnon
girls—Twins”
by
David
Dodge
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
• Torn
paper:
“Paper
(I
Am
Not)”
by
Brad
Greenlee
|
used
under
CC
BY
2.0
/
Converted
to
B&W