5 QUESTIONS

Mon. June 7, 2010
1 Learn. Listening to the gardening show on talk back radio this morning, I learned a lot of things. Like when growing pears, there's a fine line you walk while picking them. Apparently you have to pick them early and let them ripen in the bowl, but not too early otherwise they wont ripen properly. And you can be quite rough when pruning and moving hanging roses because they're quite durable. And if you got good bunches of grapes the first season you harvested your vine but it's no longer producing 2-3 years down the track, a good prune (down to maybe half the original size) and some fertilizer should do the trick. Also cockroaches can infest a whole tree which is disgusting but they are great for the garden and we shouldn't empty a whole can of fly spray on them when we find them. Something that I learned today, that is useful to me in my stage of life however, had very little to do with gardening. It was something to do with the questions I ask myself on a consistent basis. Do you ask yourself dis-empowering questions regularly? I found out that I do it subconsciously. For example: Why am I not performing at my peak? How come that person did that to me? Can I do the task, really? My brain can find lots of reasons but no answers therefore those questions aren't helping me at all. If I start asking empowering questions consciously then it will change my focus, my state and eventually my destiny. Questions like who do I love the most? And what can I do to overcome this task? And the magic question: What actions can I take to perform at the highest level possible and enjoy the process? So if I habitually ask those types of questions, my focus will be on finding better solutions.

2 Enjoy. The biggest improvement I made today was the time it took for me to do my run at work. I blitzed my best time by almost 45 minutes. Helped mostly to the fact that a lot of people thought I was taking the day off due to the public holidays so they didn't put their bins out for me to pick up. Those are just semantics. I worked hard and fast and finished early. My other improvements came with basketball again. Another training, another workout, more development.

3 Contribute. My brothers didn't go to school today, so they contributed their time to making the house immaculate for Mum. So I decided to contribute as well by buying them lollies as a reward. I would have helped them but they cleaned while I was at work.

4 Enjoy. The most enjoyable part of my day was making my partner feel weird when she came to pick me up from work. I decided I wanted to make something enjoyable by leaning in and asking for a passionate kiss. You know the one when you first start seeing each other? Anyway as I leaned in she gave me a peck, then a quirky look. Then when I tried explaining what my goal was she replied "eeeeeewwwwwwwwww" staring at my daughter who had a funny look on her face. We both immediately started laughing and the moment became special. Even though there was no first kiss type mmmwah. I also got home in time to see the last 5 minutes of game 2 of the NBA Finals. I just love the suspense when games go down to the wire and big plays get made. Boston beat LA in LA to tie the series at one win each. Its going to be a great Finals.