Lex DeVille
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Homeless Living on the Streets
• What is my first priority in surviving now?
• What am I doing right now to survive?
• Where can I breathe and clear my head?
• Where can I get food?
• Where can I get water?
• Where can I get warm?
• Where can I get sleep?
• What can I be thankful for despite my situation?
• How did I get in this situation?
• How can I avoid this in the future?
• Was there a pivotal fail point?
• What are my short term goals now?
• What is my next move?
Rising from the Ashes
• What is the first step I can take to change my situation now?
• Who can I talk to?
• Who knows someone who might give me a chance?
• Where can I start?
• Where can I get food and water?
• How can I get money legally?
• What action will I take today?
• How can I produce something from nothing?
• What value can I create with only my mind?
• Who's trash is another man's treasure?
• Who can I help?
• Where can I find them?
• When will they be there?
• What do they look like?
• How do they think about the world?
• What will they think of me when they see me?
• How can I change their perception of me before approaching them?
• How can I make them smile?
• What other emotions can I utilize to gain empathy?
• What am I doing right now to make this happen?
• How do I add value?
Getting a Job
• Who do I know that can help me find work?
• What other sources can help me find work?
• What does the company need in an employee?
• What do they do?
• What are their values?
• What does an ideal employee look like?
• How does an ideal employee think?
• What entry level position will get me in the door?
• What positions are most valuable that are unfulfilled.
• Who is the hiring manager?
• What does the hiring manager look for in an employee?
• What are the hiring manager's values?
• Where can I get proper attire for cheap?
• Who do I know that will let me borrow clothes?
• Who is the hiring manager friends with?
• Who helps the hiring manager make decisions?
• How can I meet the person who influences the decision maker?
• What can I offer the decision-maker's friend to make them my ally?
• What personality flaws do I have that need work?
• Where do I come up short as a person?
• What are my strengths?
• What are my weaknesses?
• Does my resume talk about my skills and experience or about the value created for the company?
• What problem do I solve for the company?
• How do I stand out?
• What is my personal brand?
• What companies does my personal brand align with?
• How do I get noticed?
• How do I approach the hiring process differently from others?
• How can I turn my weaknesses into strengths?
• How will I get a foot in the door?
Moving Up and Gaining Stability
• How do I help those around me at work?
• How do I do it in a way that gets noticed?
• How do I make myself more visible among my peers?
• What sets my ideas apart from theirs?
• How do I think in terms of value over stability?
• What risks can I take to move forward?
• Who is directly above me?
• Does that person have the power to change my life?
• Who does that person answer to?
• How do I gain leverage over my peers so that the person over me, notices me?
• How can I skip that person and go straight to the top?
• Who is at the top?
• How can I meet with them?
• How can I add value for them?
• How can I show them my ambition?
• If they're too far separated from where I am, who influences them?
• How can I come into contact with that person?
• Where do they hang out?
• Where do they go to church?
• What are their hobbies and past times?
• How do I get into their good graces so they'll tell the boss how great I am?
• What if I just picked up the phone and called the boss?
• What if I just scheduled a meeting with the boss?
• What does the boss even want?
• What are his/her desires?
• What is his/her vision?
• How can I help make that vision a reality?
• How can I do that without spending 20+ years climbing the ladder?
• What can I do today, right now, to help this person in life?
• How am I producing?
Considering Entrepreneurship
• What are my responsibilities at home right now?
• If I leave my job, how will I protect my family?
• How will I keep food on the table?
• How will I keep a roof over our heads?
• How will I pay my bills?
• How can I start a business without leaving my job?
• How much do I need to make before I quit my job?
• Does starting a business make sense for me?
• Do I want to start a business?
• Why do I want to start a business?
• What business would I start?
• What skills can I use?
• What experience do I have?
• What are my beliefs about life?
• What are my values?
• What is my desired outcome?
• What is my desired income?
• What would my life look like if I succeeded?
• How would things be different for me and my family?
• What don't I know that I might need to know?
• Who do I know that might have answers for questions I can't find answers for?
• How can I fast-track my learning?
• Does my family support me?
• What free resources are immediately available to me?
• What free resources does a Google search return that I didn't know about before?
• Am I a Veteran and how can I use that to my advantage?
• Am I part of some other minority group and how can I use that to my advantage?
• How much do I hate my job?
• How much do I value my freedom?
• If I keep doing what I'm doing now, can my family live the life they deserve?
• How much will I regret it later if I don't do this now?
• How disappointed would my family be if I didn't try?
• What legacy do I hope to leave for my children?
• How do I want to be remembered?
• What's the worst that can happen?
• How can I avoid that?
• How long will I wait?
Finding Problems to Solve
• What do I hate most in life?
• What makes my life a living hell?
• What made my life a little harder today?
• What did I bitch about in the last 10 minutes?
• What are people around me complaining about right now?
• What does my family complain about?
• What makes my area of expertise hard for others?
• What stopped me from getting something done this week?
• What would make life a little easier for me at work?
• What about on my drive to work?
• What about when I wake up first thing in the morning?
• What about just before I go to sleep at night?
• What would make my boss's life easier?
• What does my boss constantly bitch about?
• What is the biggest problem my company needs solved right now?
• What is the biggest problem my industry needs solved right now?
• What is the biggest problem I need solved right now?
• Who else might need that problem solved?
• Isn't that old, warped carpet prone to twisted ankles?
• Aren't you tired of cleaning cat shit yourself?
• Don't those outdated lightbulbs cost thousands more than energy efficient lights?
• Why isn't there a coffee shop closer?
• Why doesn't someone make a light for your toilet at night?
• Why isn't my bed a theater?
• Why doesn't the vacuum do it's job without me?
• What if a machine could wash these damn dishes for me?
• What if someone could pick up my groceries?
• What if packages flew to my front door?
• Why can't everyone in the whole world be connect instantly?
Is it the Right Problem to Solve?
• Does it solve a BIG need?
• Can someone else solve it in the same way you can by tomorrow?
• Do you have control over the customer and money or are you at the whims of a third-party?
• Can you sell your solution to a bunch of people?
• Can you sell your solution at a high price to some people?
• Can you separate your time from it or will it replace one job for another?
• Do I want to solve it?
• Should I solve it?
• How am I solving it?
Taking Action and Overcoming Excuses
• What action can I take right now?
• What stops me from taking it?
• What am I waiting for?
• What actions have I already taken?
• What action will I take next?
• Is what I'm doing the ONE thing that gets me closer to sales?
• Do I have sales?
• How can I get sales right now?
• If I had to get a sale today or die, how would I do it?
• What am I still waiting for?
• Does what I'm doing REALLY move me closer to my goals?
• Or is it just another excuse?
• Am I making progress or justifying mediocre outcomes?
• Am I action faking and how can I change it?
• Am I taking real action?
• What are the results of my actions?
• Are they the results I want?
• If not, what will I change this instant?
• What am I still waiting for?
Overcoming Obstacles:
• What blocks my path?
• What REALLY blocks my path?
• What about it blocks me?
• Is the block physical, like a downed power line over the road?
• Is it mental, like I'm a scared little schoolboy afraid of what might happen if I act?
• Does it REALLY block me at all, or is it just a matter of perception?
• How can I overcome it?
• How will I overcome it?
• How have I overcome similar obstacles?
• How have other overcome it?
• How did I overcome it?
• How will I improve for next time?
• Can anything REALLY stop me at all?
Once You Succeed
• How can I enjoy the life I've created?
• What can I do that I couldn't before?
• How has my life changed?
• What have I learned?
• How do I want to impact the world in the future?
• How can I feel more fulfilled?
• Who can I give back to?
• In what ways can I give back?
• How can I grow bigger?
• How can I help more people?
• How can I enjoy life more?
• What else is there?
• What is beyond?
• What do others believe impossible that I can prove possible?
• Where do I want to explore?
• What other answers do I seek?
• How else can I improve myself?
• How else can I help others improve?
• What is the meaning of my life?
• Does success really mean I have to stop?
• What is my next move?
• What is my first priority in surviving now?
• What am I doing right now to survive?
• Where can I breathe and clear my head?
• Where can I get food?
• Where can I get water?
• Where can I get warm?
• Where can I get sleep?
• What can I be thankful for despite my situation?
• How did I get in this situation?
• How can I avoid this in the future?
• Was there a pivotal fail point?
• What are my short term goals now?
• What is my next move?
Rising from the Ashes
• What is the first step I can take to change my situation now?
• Who can I talk to?
• Who knows someone who might give me a chance?
• Where can I start?
• Where can I get food and water?
• How can I get money legally?
• What action will I take today?
• How can I produce something from nothing?
• What value can I create with only my mind?
• Who's trash is another man's treasure?
• Who can I help?
• Where can I find them?
• When will they be there?
• What do they look like?
• How do they think about the world?
• What will they think of me when they see me?
• How can I change their perception of me before approaching them?
• How can I make them smile?
• What other emotions can I utilize to gain empathy?
• What am I doing right now to make this happen?
• How do I add value?
Getting a Job
• Who do I know that can help me find work?
• What other sources can help me find work?
• What does the company need in an employee?
• What do they do?
• What are their values?
• What does an ideal employee look like?
• How does an ideal employee think?
• What entry level position will get me in the door?
• What positions are most valuable that are unfulfilled.
• Who is the hiring manager?
• What does the hiring manager look for in an employee?
• What are the hiring manager's values?
• Where can I get proper attire for cheap?
• Who do I know that will let me borrow clothes?
• Who is the hiring manager friends with?
• Who helps the hiring manager make decisions?
• How can I meet the person who influences the decision maker?
• What can I offer the decision-maker's friend to make them my ally?
• What personality flaws do I have that need work?
• Where do I come up short as a person?
• What are my strengths?
• What are my weaknesses?
• Does my resume talk about my skills and experience or about the value created for the company?
• What problem do I solve for the company?
• How do I stand out?
• What is my personal brand?
• What companies does my personal brand align with?
• How do I get noticed?
• How do I approach the hiring process differently from others?
• How can I turn my weaknesses into strengths?
• How will I get a foot in the door?
Moving Up and Gaining Stability
• How do I help those around me at work?
• How do I do it in a way that gets noticed?
• How do I make myself more visible among my peers?
• What sets my ideas apart from theirs?
• How do I think in terms of value over stability?
• What risks can I take to move forward?
• Who is directly above me?
• Does that person have the power to change my life?
• Who does that person answer to?
• How do I gain leverage over my peers so that the person over me, notices me?
• How can I skip that person and go straight to the top?
• Who is at the top?
• How can I meet with them?
• How can I add value for them?
• How can I show them my ambition?
• If they're too far separated from where I am, who influences them?
• How can I come into contact with that person?
• Where do they hang out?
• Where do they go to church?
• What are their hobbies and past times?
• How do I get into their good graces so they'll tell the boss how great I am?
• What if I just picked up the phone and called the boss?
• What if I just scheduled a meeting with the boss?
• What does the boss even want?
• What are his/her desires?
• What is his/her vision?
• How can I help make that vision a reality?
• How can I do that without spending 20+ years climbing the ladder?
• What can I do today, right now, to help this person in life?
• How am I producing?
Considering Entrepreneurship
• What are my responsibilities at home right now?
• If I leave my job, how will I protect my family?
• How will I keep food on the table?
• How will I keep a roof over our heads?
• How will I pay my bills?
• How can I start a business without leaving my job?
• How much do I need to make before I quit my job?
• Does starting a business make sense for me?
• Do I want to start a business?
• Why do I want to start a business?
• What business would I start?
• What skills can I use?
• What experience do I have?
• What are my beliefs about life?
• What are my values?
• What is my desired outcome?
• What is my desired income?
• What would my life look like if I succeeded?
• How would things be different for me and my family?
• What don't I know that I might need to know?
• Who do I know that might have answers for questions I can't find answers for?
• How can I fast-track my learning?
• Does my family support me?
• What free resources are immediately available to me?
• What free resources does a Google search return that I didn't know about before?
• Am I a Veteran and how can I use that to my advantage?
• Am I part of some other minority group and how can I use that to my advantage?
• How much do I hate my job?
• How much do I value my freedom?
• If I keep doing what I'm doing now, can my family live the life they deserve?
• How much will I regret it later if I don't do this now?
• How disappointed would my family be if I didn't try?
• What legacy do I hope to leave for my children?
• How do I want to be remembered?
• What's the worst that can happen?
• How can I avoid that?
• How long will I wait?
Finding Problems to Solve
• What do I hate most in life?
• What makes my life a living hell?
• What made my life a little harder today?
• What did I bitch about in the last 10 minutes?
• What are people around me complaining about right now?
• What does my family complain about?
• What makes my area of expertise hard for others?
• What stopped me from getting something done this week?
• What would make life a little easier for me at work?
• What about on my drive to work?
• What about when I wake up first thing in the morning?
• What about just before I go to sleep at night?
• What would make my boss's life easier?
• What does my boss constantly bitch about?
• What is the biggest problem my company needs solved right now?
• What is the biggest problem my industry needs solved right now?
• What is the biggest problem I need solved right now?
• Who else might need that problem solved?
• Isn't that old, warped carpet prone to twisted ankles?
• Aren't you tired of cleaning cat shit yourself?
• Don't those outdated lightbulbs cost thousands more than energy efficient lights?
• Why isn't there a coffee shop closer?
• Why doesn't someone make a light for your toilet at night?
• Why isn't my bed a theater?
• Why doesn't the vacuum do it's job without me?
• What if a machine could wash these damn dishes for me?
• What if someone could pick up my groceries?
• What if packages flew to my front door?
• Why can't everyone in the whole world be connect instantly?
Is it the Right Problem to Solve?
• Does it solve a BIG need?
• Can someone else solve it in the same way you can by tomorrow?
• Do you have control over the customer and money or are you at the whims of a third-party?
• Can you sell your solution to a bunch of people?
• Can you sell your solution at a high price to some people?
• Can you separate your time from it or will it replace one job for another?
• Do I want to solve it?
• Should I solve it?
• How am I solving it?
Taking Action and Overcoming Excuses
• What action can I take right now?
• What stops me from taking it?
• What am I waiting for?
• What actions have I already taken?
• What action will I take next?
• Is what I'm doing the ONE thing that gets me closer to sales?
• Do I have sales?
• How can I get sales right now?
• If I had to get a sale today or die, how would I do it?
• What am I still waiting for?
• Does what I'm doing REALLY move me closer to my goals?
• Or is it just another excuse?
• Am I making progress or justifying mediocre outcomes?
• Am I action faking and how can I change it?
• Am I taking real action?
• What are the results of my actions?
• Are they the results I want?
• If not, what will I change this instant?
• What am I still waiting for?
Overcoming Obstacles:
• What blocks my path?
• What REALLY blocks my path?
• What about it blocks me?
• Is the block physical, like a downed power line over the road?
• Is it mental, like I'm a scared little schoolboy afraid of what might happen if I act?
• Does it REALLY block me at all, or is it just a matter of perception?
• How can I overcome it?
• How will I overcome it?
• How have I overcome similar obstacles?
• How have other overcome it?
• How did I overcome it?
• How will I improve for next time?
• Can anything REALLY stop me at all?
Once You Succeed
• How can I enjoy the life I've created?
• What can I do that I couldn't before?
• How has my life changed?
• What have I learned?
• How do I want to impact the world in the future?
• How can I feel more fulfilled?
• Who can I give back to?
• In what ways can I give back?
• How can I grow bigger?
• How can I help more people?
• How can I enjoy life more?
• What else is there?
• What is beyond?
• What do others believe impossible that I can prove possible?
• Where do I want to explore?
• What other answers do I seek?
• How else can I improve myself?
• How else can I help others improve?
• What is the meaning of my life?
• Does success really mean I have to stop?
• What is my next move?
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