Ask yourself this 1 Question (I'll explain why...)

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[@struthless]

what's your favourite journalling question? i'm gonna do a video going through them all :)

[@madwilliamflint]

"If you were wrong, how would you know?" The only wrong answer is "But I'm not." Applies to absolutely everything, newly acquired knowledge and deepest held beliefs about yourself and the world. it's a vital question for growth and isn't for answering in public.

[@TinyChickPottery]

What is bothering me? And then I 🧠 brain dump.

[@wulfsnack3594]

When something bad happens, I ask myself "what if it was a gift?" This comes from Dr. Robert Glover's book "No more Mr. Nice Guy". I find it often turns the issue into an opportunity that I can be grateful for!

[@draig2614]

One of my favourite questions (I’m in leadership at a non-profit): “What would we do if we were brave?”

[@4namolly]

What would i do in this situation if money/time/opinions/etc were no issue?

[@laluna1995]

Struthless: "... it failed because of you and you know exactly why. What happ-" Me, answering before he even finished the sentence: "PROCRASTINATION" 🤣

[@laluna1995]

@42reasons2panic welcome to the club 🤣

[@inkompetenzkompensationsko4188]

Not me opening the book i should have read until today today for the first and most likely last time. I never inteded to graduate anyways😅😢

[@laluna1995]

@@inkompetenzkompensationsko4188 You just described my college years in a sentence 😂 good luck with your exams ✨

[@inkompetenzkompensationsko4188]

@@laluna1995 thank you😂🖤

[@grannyronna]

Can relate to this! It's difficult to avoid this but establishing the right habits can help!

[@WavesNGames]

I came to this channel for fonts and now I'm asking myself why I stop myself from being more awesome. What a journey.

[@yankoyankov2752]

Ya his fonts video got me hooked as well. You are not alone. LOL

[@tessarae9127]

I’m having fun imagining your comment in different fonts 😂

[@livie777]

same lol

[@prapanthebachelorette6803]

And that’s beautiful 😊

[@zellspeak]

Yes, the fonts video is a gateway drug to Cam. Sneaky bastard.☻

[@jeffhappens1]

"The more flaws you notice, the better you feel"

[@wanderingrandomer]

Not sure about that one. I notice flaws in myself all the time, and it tends to be a downwad spiral into self-loathing

[@robynwroot2460]

​@wanderingrandomer agreed. My hardest thing to do is justify my existence. If I had to convince the Survivor jury why I deserve to get the million dollar prize, I would lose every time.

[@llareia]

@@wanderingrandomer I think the key here is that you're identifying flaws that exist in the FUTURE - therefore you can do something about them.

[@lisahenderson1896]

@@llareia Exactly. Like he mentioned in the video, we tend to think about our flaws as things we’ve done in the past, and we can’t change the past. But when we’re thinking about the future, it puts the idea in our head that we can change; both change the outcome, and change ourselves in so much as “fixing” our flaws. Chances are we already know our flaws and are thinking about them. But this questions let’s us think about how we can get around it and will help us avoid pitfalls as we go. LOVE the question!

[@allyson--]

That must be really painful to feel that way about yourself, Robyn

[@JasminemPolyanthum]

"Let's take that thing that Anxiety is making you think about anyway and put it to the productive use for which the Anxiety developed in the first place." This is something that I have been trying to get nailed into my head for a while and this video was the hammer I needed.

[@phx__7]

time stamp?

[@MatthewEaton]

"How would you assume someone you look up to would handle this situation?", "How would you assume you would teach a solution to someone else who is learning?", and "How would you assume someone you don't get along with would handle this situation?" Often, putting the issue through the "car wash" of observational shifting allows you to take up the role and lean into it a bit more. It is the leverage of this question I use all the time when I attempt to be a human once a year: "What don't you want?" often used when people have a really hard time picking where they want to go eat as a group. If you ask where they want to go, they have a million choices. When they know where they don't want to go, they often have one choice that pops out right away.

[@lauravsthepage]

The line about ‘so you can analyze your qualities instead of your regrets’ is what sold this idea for me.

[@shaunnarochelle]

I am just always amazed by the sheer amount of creativity in one video

[@LisaSonora]

My all time favorite jouralling question: If I didn't have to do it perfectly... ✍ Thanks so much for this video and I can't wait for the follow-up!

[@emegvf]

I’m a gen z kid so I’ve got an internet addiction. I’ve been on KZbin for a decade now and I can say without a doubt your channel is my all time favourite!

[@reasonette]

I would love it if your journal prompts were available as stickers! My biggest struggle with promot journals is that there's either too much room or too little to cover the topic. If stickers were available, I could finally hit that goldilocks zone 🤩

[@karim6651]

as someone who tends to spend hours overthinking and regretting mistakes in the past, this is such an amazing way to scratch that same itch, but to actually feel good and productive about it.

[@callumhalton8136]

For reference, these are the questions and their original framings as I interpreted them: - You start a project and in 6 months time it fails because of you. Why? (→ How can I improve the likelihood that I succeed in this project?) - What would this exact situation right now be like if I had no arms? (→ what am I grateful for?) - What haven’t I noticed in this room before? (→ How can I be more present) - If I were to make this decision many times over (say 5) which decision would likely result in the best outcome in the pick-a-path book of my life? (→ Which decision should I make?) - What are 30 solutions to this problem? You have limited time to list them (say 5 minutes). (→ Which decision should I make?) - What would this look like if it were easy? - Tim Ferris (→ How can I get this done?)

[@jengriffy01]

Thanks so much for this!

[@NoiseDay]

I like the chose-your-own-adventure-book question because it makes me be more specific. I have a ton of paths I'm interested in, but a kids' book can only have so many options and you have to choose a specific action. If I were reading an adventure book and the options were A) write a book or B) write an album, I couldn't pick because that's too vague. Now if it's A) write the sequel to your favorite book or B) produce an album in the style of your favorite artist, that's a lot more telling.

[@indigoziona]

I've seen some cool tricks in Choose your own adventure type books too (possibly the ones aimed at adult geeks rather than kids to be fair :) ). Like some actions make no difference to your plot but they might help or hurt someone else. Sometimes a path seems very different to another but they lead to the same place... and sometimes you get locked in a no win situation, where, figuratively, you just have to close the book and start again.

[@marika1727]

Man I love the way you think, like it's nothing typical that you see on youtube when people talk about life advice and stuff. I usually feel kind of desperate after watching those like they are not about me at all, like others can take it and make it and I'm just not it. Guess finding you here was so relieving, you're so curious and fun about seemingly serious stuff. You're relatable to me because you've talked about your previous lifestyle and your ADHD, and in that way seeing you finding your way and getting playful with it is in fact inspiring and so nice. Keep on going you lovely bastard and thank you for sharing!

[@TheDog2137]

not the first film of yours that goes to my playlist „best life advice” i’m so thankful for what you’re doing

[@KodasinhoCZ]

I’m honestly curious :) What is on your playlist?

[@TheDog2137]

@@KodasinhoCZ it’s kinda long to write all so i’m not gonna mention everything, but here are some of them: Ancient therapy for modern problems by Philosophy Tube Meditation for ADHD by Being Integrated Avoiding Toxic Productivity Advice by ADHD Jesse If you’re tempted to impulse buy by Christina Mychas Hate to do lists? by Yo Samdy Sam and some vids form How to ADHD and by struthless: Ask yourself this one question The drawing advice that changed my life How to change your life in 2022 How to find your direction in life This might be why your anxious (and some Polish titles about healthy cooking and style because i’m from Poland)

[@iambecomejeff]

This is quite literally one of the greatest and most thought provoking, mind engaging videos I've watched - this is one of those mindset/thought exercises I'll carry with me forever

[@maybelore]

It's a small thing but the 'subscribe if you're new' line at the end I think is really cool as it respects someone that has been watching your videos for a while and hasn't subscribed because they do not owe you that. But it also acknowledges you have subscribers that do exist. I might be looking too much into this

[@IsraelRelfos]

Love how you transformed a "failure" into a video that is motivational . Awesome as always!

[@meshavillar]

🤣 I love how forward you are at 9:38 Made me laugh out loud, but also is exactly how I needed to hear it worded to really grasp it. You're just great- so funny, so real, and I love all the creative effort you craft into each video. I whole heartedly appreciate you and your work Campbell! Super excited for the journal too 🙂

[@mustbecome]

One of the best things to pair with journaling is GRATITUDE. Finding a way to be grateful for whatever it is that enters it's way into your journal is huge. It can immediately alter our neurochemistry to reshape our experience with a certain life every, which can ITSELF unlock so many more lessons that we would not have otherwise had access to. Fantastic video, thanks!

[@TinyChickPottery]

Brilliant! Pre-mortem - If my channel fails it’s because I wasn’t consistent enough! I’m going to add one short a day to my to do list. I need an accountability partner. Who wants the job?!

[@michellekaiser7634]

If I fail, it's because I didn't block off time to write more. And that's such a useful thing to learn!

[@tunnel.vision.x]

Yo - this is rad. And I'd love to be your accountability partner. Wanna chat about it?

[@darkskinwhite]

your accountability partner is gonna be them KZbin analytics😂

[@el-np9yb]

Immediately after hearing that question I applied it to myself and have found it things to make better in my projects. (Less than a minute into the video)

[@Zarouge]

That's awesome

[@movementofbelonging]

damn dude. You already know this, but it's worth repeating --> What you are creating and the layers upon layers of top-notch multimedia craft, wit, and humor you weave to create it are 110% unique and 1008% needed in this world right now. Keep taking risks please. It gets better and better. And best wishes to you and yours for the Big Move. You can always go back. Unless you die. Or we all do.

[@Klay_Dubya]

Super happy to see you're still doing journaling videos and stuff!

[@patriciaspeegle]

It’s crazy how much more motivating it is to get your sh*t together when you’re looking at it at fear of failure vs. to why you’re actually doing it. Im starting a KZbin channel to be a full time artist because that’s a lifelong dream for me vs. the fear of being stuck at a job forever that I genuinely hate doing. This method forced me to look at it from a different angle and how to use fear of failure in a positive way.

[@kcook5107]

Around 3:23'. "Anticipate the failure, and imagine if you caused it what was the thing inside you that was doing it". (Rough paraphrase.). This was a revelation to me concerning on the biblical practice of repentance. You described in a practical way the internal examination before making a permanent change for the better or excepting gods gift for one's self. Thanks for putting traction on that word for me.

[@HIT029]

once in a while i come to this channel to see how much it has grown. i was looking for an idea to open a fast food restaurant and came across this channel. at the time only had 2k followers. i really wished this channel growd and i am happy to see almost getting to a million.

[@thepneumanator]

This was truly fantastic! Love all your videos but this one really hit home. Thanks man!

[@ellie5970]

I’ve been really loving your content recently! Your storytelling is amazing and I’m always left inspired by then end :))

[@LikeAMathClass]

I'm excited to see the journal that you create! I've used your prompts from your "How I actually journal" video and written them in blank notebooks for myself and my friends who are feeling lost/stuck and it has been amazing (of course I also write your YT channel in the cover so they can get back to the source of the greatness).

[@tunnel.vision.x]

I love this video - solid journalling questions. Excited to see your journal when you launch it!!!

[@LeighHenderson]

Sorry, I had to rewind and start watching again because I was straight up distracted by how freakin' good your editing is. This is awesome work, man.

[@Mandy._.Monday]

This is a really supportive video. I appreciate your work so much.

[@L0rar3]

Appreciate your work man Also friggin exited that you're working on another book :)

[@tumblingrosesstudio]

Soooooooo stoked for your journal!!!

[@neindays]

I've been following your channel for quite a while and have loved watching your journey and how much your videos have changed and evolved. I'd say this video here is one of your best (and as an aside, and probably a minor thing, but the editing here is fantastic). Anyhow, keep up the amazing work and thank you for all you've done and continue to do.

[@NoiseDay]

"What haven't I noticed in this room before?" Lol, I'm in my bedroom that I've lived in my entire life and also I'm autistic with an extreme attention to detail. I am in a constant state of noticing.

[@SpiritPhoenixRose]

Thank you for existing. And making these videos. And being you 🙏🏼

[@MoltenImaginings]

Love the editing in all your videos everything just goes together so smoothly. Not sure if I mentioned it before. But no matter the topic your videos really stand out as unique. Also looking forward to the journal!

[@isid977]

You're truly a gem! Your content is always so hopeful and easy to incorporate in our lives... Mad respect ❤️

[@kendraharris523]

Love the chutes and ladders boardgame subtle nod ☺️ even if unintentional, your way of explaining more complex processes is novel and refreshing. Always enjoy your stuff! 👏

[@LetsBuildWordPress]

Dude your videos are so nicely edited, you are definitely inspiring me to up my editing game a little, just some of the colours and stuff you use are perfect, and your videos are super unique and interesting... I'm not normally one for these kinds of comments, but your content is on another level!

[@ascia158]

i love journaling questions and prompts and this video is exactly what i wanted!

[@indigoziona]

I love your videos! Always so rich in content and ideas. A couple of things in this made me go "hold on, I do that" and then realised that's because I got them from one of your previous videos!

[@danjohnstone7684]

You've nailed it with this concept. Will defintely be using this approach. Awesome Video

[@divyagoyal6825]

This made me take a very hard look at my flaws in the most easy and enlightening manner, thankyou soooo much, always loved your content and the way it has evolved!!!

[@kundo9639]

Cam, you are amazing! I love how you constantly find these was to trick your brain, and I gotta admit they trink mine too. I don't think I have adhd or anything (or I'm just not diagnosed I dunno), but my brain has defenetely some strange thing going on inside haha. Youre videos make me notice thought patterns and I can finally find a way to get around them. It's freaking amazing. This video is a gem, just like the others. Thank you so much!

[@johannatampogao3922]

Thank you for existing.... I'm really grateful for your videos

[@oskarsvito]

Starting a new journal right now, putti ng all of these questions on the back cover's inside to peek at them now and then. I love how they take away another barrier of thoughts and worries that wash over me due to a time limit and simple -yet more detailed- instructions Very excited for the upcoming stuff you create!

[@vsulli]

Campbell, so proud of you man!! You're videos are insightful and entertaining and just listening to you makes me smile and laugh. The whole good feeling vibe that I get from watching your videos!! Rooting for you!! 🍻🍻

[@flourishwithamy]

I've been watching your videos for just oover a year now and I genuinely love your content! Keep being you :))

[@VikaSutton]

Watched this video several times, especially the part around question 2 of making hard decisions. I am in a similar life situation with deciding of where to live and possibly moving to another country. Would love a video on making hard decisions but also seeing how you navigate the process surrounding this big life question and how youre figuring out where to move to, etc! Thanks so much again for another supportive video! 🤙🏼

[@azrec440]

your advice is so helpful man i honestly cant thank you enough for doing what you do

[@kamichan127]

Your videos are always exciting to see in my notifications!

[@blakeelledge8516]

This channel is a blessing ❤ sincerely glad it exists 😊😊😊

[@darkskinwhite]

I want to memorize all of these, it seems genuinely helpful in *everyday* life to reframe things like this

[@Hope-pz1lo]

love the combination of ur personality/humor/references with incredibly thought provoking information

[@SophanaR]

I swear I say this to myself every time I watch a new Struthless video: “this is the most intriguing, well structured, eye opening, and funny video I’ve seen in my life.” Every. Damn. Time. idk how you do it man but keep doing what you’re doing. I feel like I’m slowly becoming a better person by just watching your videos.

[@mclintockg]

you are so inspiring!! love the way you think about things. thanks for the amazing content :)

[@BruceNotAmused]

omg, this is amazing. thanks for your videos! I needed some motivation and I think this is it! :D

[@kriscanmanifest]

This question (and the others you included) are so powerful. I run a financial services distribution company and this applies to soooooooo many things I either personally do or teach our team on a daily basis. That reluctant exhausted obligation feeling can creep up on you and wreak havoc on your creative energy and your enthusiasm so having tools like the ones you talked about in this video are life changing. Thank you for this!!!!!

[@Crimson_Misplays]

Thanks struthless, I needed this. I've noticed that I keep putting things off when I've been planning to work towards goals at specific times. I will be setting more alarms to keep me more on track with steps towards my goals. :)

[@melindastclair]

I'm already buying your question journal in the future. It's happening. Thank you for this awesome book.

[@deniz547]

I love finding your videos in the morning on my way to work, way to start the day!

[@mbarupa]

I was on the verge on abandoning a project I hadn't found time to do it in a while. Was frustrated with slow progress, so had started deciding it was beyond my current skill level/not meant to be/trivial and pointless. Been fully blind to how I've dropped so many projects halfway for these exact reasons. Thanks to prodding from this video, I made a few hours today and made myself pick up the project again, and it was so satisfying and fun. And to think my immediate answer to "why did your project fail" was "but they don't, I always finish the thing!" No self- awareness. Thank God 4 Struthless

[@SpamCreates]

This guy blows my mind every video 🙌

[@user-qc5hv3mi4i]

seriously man your content is life-changing.

[@onewonders4782]

I downloaded this video and sent it to myself in a text thread and I’m thinking about setting a reminder for myself to watch it again thats how much this means to me

[@hayleae.450]

Wow what an amazing video. I love this analysis of parts to a question and what makes a good question. I would be very interested to see what’s in that top ten questions list and why they are there!

[@jenabreann]

Oh my gosh! I can't begin to explain how much I love this perspective! I am going to be doing so much homework this week on everything that's wrong with me 😂

[@allyson--]

Lol I feel that. But it's only human!

[@jenabreann]

@@allyson-- well to error is human but I am in all seriousness excited to try this approach and see how much it will help.

[@imoutojassy8024]

Thank you. This is the advice I didn't know I was looking for. I'm a rookie reporter and whenever I go to press conferences, I always feel so afraid to ask questions. And if I ask questions, I always feel like it's lame. Now, I can use some sort of measure to construct better questions. 😮

[@harperharper6563]

Though you probably won’t see this comment as I’m so darn late to the party - I just wanted to say thanks so much for the videos you make. I always get much-needed ideas and inspiration from them. As a self-employed writer and sometimes artist, it’s so easy to get inside my head and block myself. Your videos always help to shake me out if that mind loop of ‘can’t’ or ‘it’s too hard’. Really appreciate your work.

[@wa5657]

the thing is, with every new video i get super motivated and ready to finally shoot my old self in the head to become all-powerful-- until i sit down to journal and understand that i won't achieve any of the goals because all my energy is taken by living through one day at a time.... unlimited energy pill when??

[@struthless]

omgggg I know... this is (in my opinion) one of the hardest challenges with self improvement - also consider this topic currently in research coz I wanna know more about it

[@roannadavis]

Thanks Cam!😊 I never really thought about the quality of the questions I waa asking myself before. Ask better questions.🎉

[@muenchhausenmusic]

Once again, good stuff! Thanks mate :)

[@mdw.444]

I am READY FOR THAT JOURNAL WOOOOOOO

[@carolynness1932]

I just love all your videos!!! Was just thinking “ I need one””… and here you are!! Thanks Man!

[@Lu._.Soriano]

This video is absolutely genius. Thank you

[@c-mad6364]

My favourite questions: To do or to be? (Can be answered for moments, days, phases...) What is something about you that would surprise me? (I love asking this people and always being flashed away by the answers.) What if you died today? (Would this still bother you? Would you be unpresent when speaking to this person? Would there be fear? What can you do today to eliminate what keeps you fearing death?)

[@rocko34]

Woah the pre-mortem stuff is getting me excited

[@brazenzebra9581]

Give the person a place of agency within the question, and a scenario with specific parameters with which they must answer it, add fun, urgency, or clever redirection, so the question produces better results by first disarming the person's defenses to the seriousness of the question, and instead encourages they immediately find a solution or do so joyfully, thereby preventing paralysis or dread from having asked something that will yield a deep response, and therefore effectively producing those deeply needed answers. The deep and or compelling or effective answers/responses that made the question valuable to ask to begin with. The formula of a perfect question. Sheer genius. ❤

[@ExcitedPunch]

Man I fkin love this channel.

[@RoryPrice]

I really appreciate your videos, the balance between humor and information, the effort put into the content and the editing. The way I always feel after your videos is great. Thank you for making them. I’m a creative currently traveling the world to help regain focus without my day to day distractions and to explore other cultures and their arts. I would love to pick your brain and have a social involving us creating music and art when I’m in your city. Is there a way to contact you privately to exchange information (and have a pre video call to so you can get to know my character, and I can see the off camera you first if you want one) Either way thank you again for sharing your messages so well

[@dmytroprykhodko7613]

Thank you man

[@ssminow8756]

Once again, thanks man 🖤

[@TobiaLaurentum]

It fits that you like 'I Think You Should Leave' (which I'm assuming based on you throwing in some clips in lately), as your sense of humour is great. That's what really makes me like your videos, not only informative and helpful, but just a fun funny watch filled with funness... and with a lot of heart and authenticity showing your personality! Anyhoo, love your work, you rock!! [random note: I originally accidentally typed 'sense of humour' as 'sense of human', haha... that could be a band name...]

[@sandyedwards2681]

Ooh can’t wait to see your journal!

[@JamesRamboPearce]

This is one of the best videos I’ve seen on KZbin, and I watch a lot of videos on KZbin

[@alicequayle4625]

Love the easy question. Easy and fun.

[@Msizzy1317]

Thank you ❤

[@Greg.Lacoste]

glad to see a new video, keep them coming

[@JesseNyberg]

Great video brotha! Your exercises always make me face my imposter syndrome demons haha (In the best way possible tho!)

[@Sharkuterie327]

I was laughing so hard at the stairs analogy. This is an S-tier video for constructive reflection. :D

[@BaileyABerry]

Dude. You are awesome!

[@thatgamingauthor]

This whole video sort of made me realize something. Of course, it's not universal and won't apply to everyone; nothing truly is, but I was considering the question "how would this look if it was easier?" I was looking at it in the perspective of a book I'm writing as well. And after coming to my own conclusion, I realized something incredible: we often already have the answers to our own questions somewhere in our brains. It just takes a good question to get the answer out of ourselves.

[@patrickboeschensteinsena8856]

Carequinha mais gente fina que eu já vi, ótimo vídeo 👍

[@shamusenright5387]

I heard Slavoj say the role of philosophy is not to provide answers but to ask the right questions... Great video

[@nefariousclandestine3540]

I’ve been trying to improve myself for a while now and the two KZbinrs I keep coming back to for mental clarity are better ideas and struthless. It would be crazy if the two bald horsemen of self-improvement make a collab

[@victorsanchez6034]

Super useful video! Love the videos and brain of this egg-head dude 😘