The Questions You Ask
Noticing More
Knowledge helps you take notice. The more you know, the more atuned you are. When you are in a conversation, do you see the opportunities? Can you capitalize on them? Do you know how to take a conversation to the next step?
Tips
- Challenge yourself to be the one who asks more questions
- Wonder about how things work
- Assume there is always something to learn
Questions
Einstein’s mom asked him each day, “What questions did you ask today?”
He later states, “To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.”
The power of questions helps to get new information and broaden your perspective. When in a new situation, learn to ask yourself:
What questions should I ask of this person?
If you come as a learner, you will learn something and see something you did not before. If you come as one of the learned, you will only have the same answers you knew were already there.
Killer Questions
The questions you ask will be the route towards more perspective on a problem or opportunity. Here are some questions that help to expand perspective:
- How do you do what you do?
- What are some of the challenges you face?
- What are the opportunities you see?
- What questions should I ask you that I have not?
Learn to write down good questions and rehearse them. Use them often. Use this skill to help you grow your own business as well. Remember this quote:
“Telling is selling. Asking is buying.”
This requires genuineness. Being authentic in your curiosity feeds the desire to learn and allows you to truly see more in a situation than is apparent. Be known as a listener and a person who asks great questions and watch your opportunities expand.
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. – Mahfouz Naguib