Now What?

This is a question planners and dreamers don't ask often enough: Now what? Find out more about this important question in this mini podcast.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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"The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that  seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom. 

Most of the John's writings revolve around self improvement and self help. They address topics like:

• Mindfulness
• Peace of mind
• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

And stories that transform you to a wider sense of awareness that presents more options. And isn't that what we all want, more options? 

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Transcript

Now What?

What if what you’ve been hoping for doesn’t happen? Now what?

My team didn’t make it to the Super Bowl, I wasn’t a millionaire by the time I was (fill in your magic age here), people can still tell me what to do, I’m not as pretty as I used to be . . . Now what?

You may have done more than hope; you may even have planned for the thing that didn’t happen – Now what?

“Now what?” is a question that too often goes unasked. Do you plan on doing more hoping? I hope not.

Are you planning on doing more planning? It’s too often a time consuming,exercise in diversion.

What are you diverting yourself from? For most of us, it’s answering the question: “Now what?”

“Now what?” has focusing power that hoping and planning can never achieve.

The answer to “Now what?” delivers a directive – one you can then plan for, and throw in a measure of hope as well.

Reminds me of a story . . .

I had a neighbor in Syracuse who moved his family to Florida to change careers. He opened a restaurant with a partner. He worked really hard at building the business and his new career. He sunk his life savings into that venture. One day he arrived at work and didn’t see his partner there. He called the partner's house to see if everything was all right. The phone had been disconnected. He drove over to this guy’s house and it was vacant. He got this sinking feeling. He went to the bank and their business account had been depleted of all funds. He couldn’t pay his suppliers and he couldn’t procure the supplies necessary to serve his patrons. He was up that well known creek.

The business was closed, the building repossessed, and he found himself with a family to feed, nowhere to live, and a couple of hundred dollars to his name. Now What?

He rented a truck, put all his family possessions in it and drove back north. He showed the money to his teenage son and said, “This is all the money we have in the world.” He took time to ask himself, “Now what?” and came up with a plan to head back home, rely on family for a time, and build a new business. This story has a happy ending. He's built several businesses and is doing just fine.

“Now what?” dispenses with hope and puts you on the fast track to action.

If your life is filled with hopes and dreams that are passing you by, I have a question for you: Now what?

All the best,

John