Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary.

These are the Monday morning moments that we record so that you and I can begin our days and our weeks in awe and on fire with a burst of inspiration.

Let me begin this one with a quote from Syrac, written in around 200 BC.

He has put fire and water before you.

You can stretch out your hand for whichever you choose. Life and death are in front of

human beings, and they will be granted whichever they please. Do you remember, my friends, when one of the

most popular shows on network television was, who wants to be a millionaire.

Host Regis Philman asked a question and provided a few choice answers for the contestant.

After they provided their answer, Regis would dramatically pause to build suspense.

He'd give a serious look and then he'd ask one follow-up question.

Here it comes.

Final answer? Final answer?

Final answer? What all great teachers and dynamic leaders know is sometimes the best way to answer a question is to ask another one. Most don't do it to build suspense for a television audience

instead it's a tool used to ensure the individual answering deepens their belief and then takes total ownership in what takes place next.

That's important for game shows, certainly, but it's critically important for all of us in our lives.

When I was just nine years old laying in a hospital bed and expected to die after a house fire,

my mother guided me with the same approach.

Her question changed the trajectory of my life.

Mom came into the emergency room that morning.

She pulled back the curtain. She saw me laying in the hospital bed, burned, and dying. And without hesitation, my mother walked in. She took my hand in hers.

She told me that she loved me. I'll never forget it. And I also remember looking back in her eyes and asking a simple

question, mom, am I going to die? My hope was when she answered the question, she would take

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