yanqingcheng Questions — options
Do not paste the list at the coachee. Pick one question. Invent a sharper one if you have it.
Half 2 — after Coaching session open: full map spelled out, and they’ve named which piece to address first (ease / priority / causal). Should feel like a logic puzzle, not guessing. Aim at the outer edge of that piece / the clear problem. If the picture breaks, back to Half 1.
Outer edge (do this first)
Aim the question at the outer edge of the clear problem — the frame they just locked — not a wider life menu.
- Problem = uncertainty / missing info → options for resolving that uncertainty.
- Problem = choice between paths → options for that choice.
- Problem = conflict / squeeze → options for working the squeeze.
Wrong aim is worse than wrong wording. Name the edge in the question when it helps (“…for resolving that uncertainty”).
Pick from
Uncertainty / find-out (when that is the edge)
- What are the options for resolving the uncertainty?
- How do you find out more about ___?
- What would you need to know to decide?
- What’s the smallest thing you could learn that would unlock this?
- Who or what could tell you about ___?
Moves / choice (when that is the edge)
- What are the options?
- What else could you do?
- What would you do if you weren't stuck?
- What would you advise someone else in your seat?
- What are you choosing not to do?
- What's the smallest useful move?
- What are the risks — and for whom?
- Which of these could you live with?
Stop
One question asked. When they're ready to commit, open Questions — will.