“How?” is not a question it is a series of questions that stall us and keep us in active. There are 6 sorry versions of this says Peter Block in his volume The Answer to How is Yes.
“By invoking the ‘how’ question, we define the debate about the changes we have in mind and thereby create a set of boundaries on how we approach the task.”
Here are the 6 variations…
1. How do you do it?
2. How long will it take?
3. How much does it cost?
4. How can we get those people to change?
5. How do we measure it?
6. Who has been successful doing this?
These are nice cul de sacs to get caught in and postpone the much harder questions of sacrifice when we have already decided the thing we are called, compelled, passionate or desire to do is something that MUST be done. How is a nice derailer. His detailed paragraphs on each of these how questions are excellent.
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