- To encourage [[change]], look for what suggests that they don't like how things are. collapsed:: true - Look for anything good they have to say about what [[change]] might do. - Look for anything that suggests that they could [[change]] if they wanted to. - Look for anything that sounds like a [[commitment]] to [[change]]. - What makes it difficult for them to consider [[change]]? collapsed:: true - What would it take to go where they want to go? collapsed:: true - What worries them about how things are? - What makes them think they need to do something about it? - What happens from what they are doing now? - Is there anything about what they are doing now that is a reason other people might [[worry]] about them? - How has this stopped them from being where they want to be? - What will happen if they don't [[change]] what they're doing? - - How would [[change]] help them? collapsed:: true - What would they like to be different? - What would be good about the [[change]]? - Where would they like to be in the future? - If the [[change]] happened now, what would [[fit]] them better? - What's a reason to [[change]]? - What would they get from a [[change]]? - How would they see [[change]] as [[possible]]? collapsed:: true - What would make it so they could [[change]]? - What gives them [[energy]] to [[change]]? - When else did they make a [[change]] like this? How did they do it? - What do they have that no one else has that would help them [[change]]? - Who could help them [[change]]? - When would they tell you that they want to [[change]]? collapsed:: true - What are they thinking about the thing that might [[change]]? - Are they feeling stuck? - What might they do? - How much do they [[want]] a [[change]]? - What would they try? - Of the things they might try, what would [[fit]] them best? - What do they [[want]] to happen? - What do they [[want]] to do? - Look for what they think might happen if they [[change]] vs. what they think might happen if they don't change. collapsed:: true - What do they like about how things are now? - What do they dislike about how things are now? - How can these be illustrated visually? - What is a day in their [[life]] like? - What do you [[worry]] most about the thing that might [[change]]? collapsed:: true - What's the worst that might happen? - How might that happen? What else might happen as a result of that? - What's the best thing that might happen? - How would things [[change]], if you changed? - Ask them about a different [[time]] in their [[life]]. Both what was, and what might be. collapsed:: true - What happens if things don't [[change]]? - How is what they're doing consistent with what they want? How does it work against what they [[want]]?