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The Four Questions

In its most basic form, The Work consists of four questions and a turnaround. For example, the first thought that you might question “Paul doesn’t listen to me.” Find someone in your life about whom you have had that thought, and let’s do The Work. “[Name] doesn’t listen to me”:

1) Is it true?

2) Can you absolutely know that it’s true?

3) How do you react, what happens, when you think that thought?

4) Who would you be without the thought?

TURNAROUNDS

Then turn it around (the concept you are questioning), and don’t forget to find three genuine examples of each turnaround.

Turn it Around

After you’ve investigated your statement with the four questions, you’re ready to turn it around (the concept you are questioning).

Each turnaround is an opportunity to experience the opposite of your original statement and see what you and the person you’ve judged have in common.

A statement can be turned around to

1) the opposite e.g. Paul does listen to me

2) to the other e.g. I don’t listen to Paul

3) to the self e.g. I don’t listen to me

Find a minimum of three genuine examples in your life where each turnaround is true.

For example if the belief was “Paul doesn’t understand me” can be turned around to “Paul does understand me.” Another turnaround is “I don’t understand Paul.” A third is “I don’t understand myself.”

Be creative with the turnarounds. They are revelations, showing you previously unseen aspects of yourself reflected back through others. Once you’ve found a turnaround, go inside and let yourself feel it. Find a minimum of three genuine examples where the turnaround is true in your life.