My Favorite "Thinking Time" Questions

, When you're a 7-figure CEO, I firmly believe that having the right question is more valuable than having the right answers... ...You realize that your business is becoming different from others. Instead of jumping from tactic to tactic, you're focused on the biggest impact you can make with your time... ...You stop focusing on finding the best "tool" and instead focus on how your company provides value to your ideal customer... ...You start looking for answers from people you trust. What follows is a list of questions I like to ask my teams during meetings, and myself during solo "Thinking Time" sessions. I hope it will inspire you to start your own list of go-to questions: - The Great Question: What is the one big thing that, if accomplished, would have the most significant impact on my business and render the need for other seemingly important projects unnecessary? - The Gut-Punch Question: Why are our ideal prospects, the ones who already know about us and our product, NOT buying from us? Is the offer unclear or unappealing? Is it undesirable or uncompetitive? Are we trying to sell it to the wrong person? - The Intensity Question: In what areas of my life can I double my intensity? What about 10X? - The Procrastination Question: What are three things I haven't started because I'm pursuing perfection? What are a few steps I could take today to get the process started? - The Enemy Question: If I was competing against myself, what chinks in the armor would I exploit? How would I put a massive dent in my own brand? - The Pragmatic Question: Is our strategy not working because the strategy is bad, or is it not working because we are incapable of executing this strategy due to constraints we cannot resolve at this time? What are those unresolvable constraints? What is a strategy we can consistently execute today? - The Zero-Base Question: Knowing what I know now, if I could start all over again, what changes would I make to my business model? What is preventing me from making those changes today? NOTE: The questions, above, and the idea of "Thinking Time" were inspired by [this book.]( (That isn't an affiliate link, I just wanted to share it with you.) Growth means you ask yourself tough questions during tough times... Growth means you are honest with yourself and with your team... Growth means you consciously decide to get better—even if it's hard... As CEO, you choose where you want to grow. But first, you have to make the decision to grow at all. Tomorrow, I'll share with you the single biggest secret every multi-million-dollar CEO learns when they start to scale a business. Talk soon, Ryan P.S. Yesterday I shared with you my #1 tool to get you to 7-figures... did you see it? If not, [click here to read about it now.]( Ryan Deiss Co-Founder & CEO Scalable.co    Sent to: {EMAIL} The Scalable Company, 4330 Gaines Ranch Loop, Ste 120, Austin, Texas 78735, United States Don't want future emails? [Unsubscribe](