What is the Deodorant of Stinking Thinking?

Winnie the Pooh says the deodorant is to know who we are. A noble ambition, akin to Socrates credo Know Thy Self, but what and how does that process work?

Deodorizing begins with investigation and gathering tools. Tools are keys to a successful project.  

The first tool is a mirror, an object that allows an honest feed-forward look at yourself.  Take a lot of good long looks. Look from another angle, and another. Catch your points of view. Keep an eye open for a flash of insight.  This is not vanity, it is honesty.  

Then we need a judgment eraser that lets what is, be what it is, like a fair witness. Let today be your day of The Last Judgment. 

Then add the Questioners -Who, What, Where, When, Why and How.

These are tools to deodorize your mind.   

It’s all about asking good questions. 

You can control your mind by the questions you ask.

The game of Twenty Questions can change your life and the life of all you encounter.

Here are my questions:

  1. What do I want?

  2. How will I know when I get it?

  3. What do I expect?

  4. What am I avoiding?

  5. How can I make this a great day?

  6. How can I make this fun?

  7. What do I believe?

  8. What do I want to believe?

  9. What am I thankful for?

  10. What gets me excited?

  11. What do I love to do?

  12. What’s another way to look at this?

  13. What’s important about this?

  14. What’s the most important thing right now?

  15. What’s my purpose in life?

  16. Who or what do I need to forgive?

  17. Where’s my attention?

  18. How can I be stress free?

  19. What is my compelling future?

  20. What’s a good question about this?

  21. What’s a possible solution?

  22. How can I feel better?

And the best tool of all, a Buddy, someone to share the investigation. A Buddy to keep you on track, to help deodorize the future by a multiple of two.  A Buddi to help you create your own personal twenty questions.  A Buddy to enjoy the sweet smells of success.  

Stinking Thinking has been the depository of generations of humanities lack of paying attention to the importance of what goes into, on and out of our minds. Join with others to begin the investigation, use the questions to uncover and deodorize Stinking Thinking.