Before we begin I have a comment to make and a favor to ask. First I want to thank those of you who have taken the time to write how this report has helped you help others work safely.
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Thank you for taking the time to read the letter and my
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Now to our subject

Did you realize that questions direct the way we think? Some of the most important questions are the ones we ask ourselves. Many people ask, Why can't I? This is a question that disguises itself as one that will take us to a solution but it merely freezes us into realizing that we are stuck. If I ask why can't I get Bob to wear a seatbelt? I might come up with several answers to that question. Even if I find ten or twenty answers to that question it doesn't take me any closer to a solution.

Many motivational speakers refer to the fact that Thomas Edison failed at creating the light bulb many times before it worked. They point out that instead of looking at it as a failure he believed he had just discovered one more way it wouldn't work and therefore he was that much closer to a solution. It would be easy to forget that the key to his success was that he
continued to ask the question, "How would it work?"

Be sure to ask yourself and others empowering questions that will get you the results you want Some examples are:

What would it take for me to get through to? How did this incident happen and what could we do to prevent it in the future?

What contributed to this incident and how could it have been prevented?

It doesn't take long to see the key to the formula for empowering questions is to ask what and how instead of why. It is amazing the difference one little word can have in setting the direction our mind takes.

Have a dynamically safe day,
John Drebinger

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