Millionaires ponder, “How can I make $1 million a year doing what I love?” while middle class people stick to the practical: “How can I get my boss to give me a raise?” Millionaires look at a hard situation and ask, “What is life trying to teach me right now?” while the middle class tends to focus on, “Why do bad things always happen to me?”
The distinction between these sets of questions is subtle but crucial. “Empowering questions ask what you can do, and disempowering questions ask what you can’t do,” Smith writes.
“Empowering questions cause you to reach for your full potential,” he continues. “The questions you ask yourself determine the results you get in life.”
How you frame situations informs how you handle them. “Millionaires are more creative than reactive,” Smith writes. Instead of simply taking things as they come, millionaires focus on how they can make the future different — and better.