It's very easy to "what ... if ..." any situation you've ever been faced with, are faced with or will be faced with.  It's human nature and everybody's doing it.  In fact, it's been done to death.  Having said that, I was recently what-iffed.

How would you reply?

I was recently asked what I would be doing if I was financially able to do anything I wanted.

That's an easy one for me.  I'd be doing exactly what I'm doing now.  I'd be doing comedy and my radio show.  I already have the perfect job.  Money would do nothing more than allow me more expensive leisure experiences.

I've always believed that if you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life. 

I have to admit that this attitude toward "what I do" is baffling to my wife's family.  Her dad retired from the military and then went to work for Exxon.  He retired from that with tremendous stock options and is basically able to do whatever he likes whenever he likes.  He doesn't understand my apparent disregard for financial security.  My wife is a city planner, her brother is a physicist and her sister is a lawyer married to a wine maker.  I'm the oddball.

My wife's brother asked her the other day what my hobbies are (we've been married six years and they still can't seem to get a handle on me).  My wife thought for a moment and then said, "Well, it seems that he doesn't really have any hobbies.  When he gets a hobby, he turns it into a career."  Bingo!  That's it -- do what you love!

I was recently asked what I would do if I knew I couldn't fail at it.

Again, I'd have to say that I'd be doing the same thing.  But, I would add one thing:  I'd play professional tournament poker.  That would also supply the financial freedom I would desire.  Which brings me to my last "what ... if ...."

I've been asked what I would wish for if I could be granted three wishes.

A simpler question could not be posed.

Wish One:  I wish I could win at every game I ever played whenever I wanted to.

Again, I would play professional poker tournaments to supply financial freedom for me and my family.

Wish Two:  I wish for health, happiness and long lives for me and my extended family.

Wish Three:  I wish that my descendants would be successful at everthing they endeavor to do.

The reality is that with hard work and dedication we can make all of these what-ifs happen.

The bottomline:
It's not the power of positive thinking that matters, it's the power of positive actions.