A lot of people ask me, "What happens during a coaching session?" and "What questions do you ask?". A coaching forum that I frequently read actually posed this question. Many senior coaches (including me) responded. Here are some of the best:

"Recently, how would you rate your over all life satisfaction on a scale of 1- 10? 1 being "extremely unsatisfied" and 10 being "the best days of my life"?
"What are you willing to do to move your life forward?"
"What will it take for you to reach the point where you don't need my help again?"
""if you were guaranteed success, what would you do?""
"How would you describe yourself to me? How would others describe you to me?"

And my two favorites:

"If the answer is you, what is the question?"
"What is the one question you are hoping I won't ask you today?"

Feel free to ask yourself these questions — I think you'll be surprised with the answers.

Which one is your favorite? Which one motivated you?