Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling

Most of my important lessons about life have come from recognizing how others from a different culture view things.

we do not think and talk about what we see; we see what we are able to think and talk about.

Telling is only an investment if you know for sure that what you are telling is of value to the other person. That is why it is safest to tell only if you have been asked, rather than arrogantly deciding on your own to tell somebody something.

Telling puts the other person down. It implies that the other person does not already know what I am telling and that the other person ought to know it.