3 Questions to Help You Get Out of Any Challenge
Challenges are a part of life, but with these 3 Power Questions you’ll be able to find your way out every single time.
Real Life Challenge
Imagine your built out a new funnel, spent a ton of money on it, and you’re super excited about it, but for some reason it’s not converting.
Three Phases of Thinking + Cognitive Functions
There are 3 phases of thinking:
1. Input - how we take in the information
2. Elaboration - how we process information
3. Output - where we tell the world what we know
In each phase we have thinking skills called cognitive functions.
Any time you have a challenge, all you’ve got to do is to answer all 3 of these questions and you’ll know exactly what your next step is.
For each Power Question, I’ll tell you which phase of thinking it comes from and which main cognitive functions are needed to answer the questions (but it can be additional cognitive functions too!)
Ready?
3 Power Questions
1. What do I see? (From the input phase)
This question uses the cognitive functions of clear perception (seeing things in an organized manner) and be precise.
At this step you want to gather all the information you need to solve the problem.
In our example, it would be any information regarding the funnel (the landing page numbers, the emails, the email open rates etc.)
2. What’s the problem here? (From the elaboration phase)
To answer this question, you’ll need to use the cognitive function of defining the problem - you want to make sure you’re getting super clear on what the actual problem is.
You may think the problem is because your emails aren’t converting.
But after you dig into the problem, you recognize it’s really that you’re not getting enough leads.
So, you go even deeper - what part of your lead generation is not working?
3. What strategy am I going to use to solve it? (From the elaboration & output phase)
You’ll need to use multiple cognitive functions to answer this question but the main one will be projecting virtual relationships (making connections to two things that aren’t obvious.)
Back to our example, let’s say we discovered the copy and images of the ad are amazing, but they’d be better off on a different platform, they don’t seem native to where you are advertising now.
Your Challenge
Your challenge this week is to use the 3 Power Questions next time you find yourself stuck in a challenging situation.
With these 3 questions you’ll always know what to do OR who to turn to for advice.
Sometimes we don’t know the answer to the problem, but we feel stuck and don’t even know who we can ask for help or who to hire. This will lead you the right direction.
You’ve got this!
Hi, I'm ST,
Just like you, I want to be more efficient and effective.
Most entrepreneurs want to grow their business but already got a lot of stress.
At LifePix University we help you rewire your brain to become more efficient and effective while experiencing more inner peace.
Learn more here.
Your Essential Guide
to Cognitive Functions
This guide will give you all you need to start improving your cognitive functions. Learn what all 28 thinking skills are, how they apply to you and what you can do today to begin improving them.
Cognitive Functions Assessment
Thinking is not one big thing. Thinking is made up of 28 parts, called cognitive functions.
Take the FREE assessment to see where each of your cognitive functions are currently at.
We're on for 1M downloads
By the end of 2025
Can you help us reach our goal?
Share this podcast with someone you love!
3 Questions to Help You Get Out of Any Challenge
Challenges are a part of life, but with these 3 Power Questions you’ll be able to find your way out every single time.
Real Life Challenge
Imagine your built out a new funnel, spent a ton of money on it, and you’re super excited about it, but for some reason it’s not converting.
Three Phases of Thinking + Cognitive Functions
There are 3 phases of thinking:
1. Input - how we take in the information
2. Elaboration - how we process information
3. Output - where we tell the world what we know
In each phase we have thinking skills called cognitive functions.
Any time you have a challenge, all you’ve got to do is to answer all 3 of these questions and you’ll know exactly what your next step is.
For each Power Question, I’ll tell you which phase of thinking it comes from and which main cognitive functions are needed to answer the questions (but it can be additional cognitive functions too!)
Ready?
3 Power Questions
1. What do I see? (From the input phase)
This question uses the cognitive functions of clear perception (seeing things in an organized manner) and be precise.
At this step you want to gather all the information you need to solve the problem.
In our example, it would be any information regarding the funnel (the landing page numbers, the emails, the email open rates etc.)
2. What’s the problem here? (From the elaboration phase)
To answer this question, you’ll need to use the cognitive function of defining the problem - you want to make sure you’re getting super clear on what the actual problem is.
You may think the problem is because your emails aren’t converting.
But after you dig into the problem, you recognize it’s really that you’re not getting enough leads.
So, you go even deeper - what part of your lead generation is not working?
3. What strategy am I going to use to solve it? (From the elaboration & output phase)
You’ll need to use multiple cognitive functions to answer this question but the main one will be projecting virtual relationships (making connections to two things that aren’t obvious.)
Back to our example, let’s say we discovered the copy and images of the ad are amazing, but they’d be better off on a different platform, they don’t seem native to where you are advertising now.
Your Challenge
Your challenge this week is to use the 3 Power Questions next time you find yourself stuck in a challenging situation.
With these 3 questions you’ll always know what to do OR who to turn to for advice.
Sometimes we don’t know the answer to the problem, but we feel stuck and don’t even know who we can ask for help or who to hire. This will lead you the right direction.
You’ve got this!
Hi, I'm ST,
Just like you, I want to be more efficient and effective.
Most entrepreneurs want to grow their business but already got a lot of stress.
At LifePix University we help you rewire your brain to become more efficient and effective while experiencing more inner peace.
Learn more here.
Your Essential Guide
to Cognitive Functions
This guide will give you all you need to start improving your cognitive functions. Learn what all 28 thinking skills are, how they apply to you and what you can do today to begin improving them.
Cognitive Functions Assessment
Thinking is not one big thing. Thinking is made up of 28 parts, called cognitive functions.
Take the FREE assessment to see where each of your cognitive functions are currently at.
We're on for 1M downloads
By the end of 2025
Can you help us reach our goal?
Share this podcast with someone you love!
