good questions
a collection of questions worth keeping
good questions
Great questions don't appear
suddenly. They gradually congeal in your head. And what makes
them congeal is experience. So the way to find great questions is
not to search for them — not to wander about thinking, what great
discovery shall I make? You can't answer that; if you could, you'd
have made it.
suddenly. They gradually congeal in your head. And what makes
them congeal is experience. So the way to find great questions is
not to search for them — not to wander about thinking, what great
discovery shall I make? You can't answer that; if you could, you'd
have made it.
paulgraham.com • What You'll Wish You'd Known
What’s one word on your mind right now?
What’s an idea that jumped out at you from what you just heard?
What did this remind you of?
Share one way you might make this better.
On a scale of 1 to 5, how confident/excited/clear are you on what you just heard?
Raise your hand if you felt ____ about this. Raise your hand if you felt _____ about this. (Bonus
Sam Liebeskind • Better Questions than “Any Questions?”
I think “And what else?” is the best coaching question in the world. It does two things: It extends the period of curiosity, and it tames your advice monster.
16. The truth of anything is multidimensional and impossible to fully grasp. So a better question than “Is this true?” is “In what scenario is this true?”
Julie Zhuox.comThe truth of anything is multidimensional and impossible to fully grasp. So a better question than “Is this true?” is “In what scenario is this true?”
/// 100 QUESTIONS /// to gain clarity via Alex Morris:
Why are we doing this?
Ask that of yourself and the team with regularity.
What’s the simplest explanation?
What reaction should all the creative achieve?
What’s your most controversial opinion?
What little frictions exist that might bleed out the work if allowed to compound?
Are you solving a
What is the highest-growth environment you’ve ever been in? What made it that way?
(growth interpreted broadly: professional, in hobbies, interpersonal, etc)
Andy Matuschakx.comAndy Matuschak https://x.com/andy_matuschak/status/1781444664127541449
What project would you be happy to devote 50 years of your life to, despite (or because of) it only being 10% done when you die?
Ht @hannu @gwern and Antoni Gaudi for inspiring the question
michael_nielsenx.comPeter Thiel will also sometimes ask potential hires, “What problem do you face every day that nobody has solved yet?”
Tim Ferrissx.comPeter Thiel will also sometimes ask potential hires, “What problem do you face every day that nobody has solved yet?”
@mckaywrigley I have a bunch of questions I ask. What would you build for yourself? What did previous companies you've worked for need? What are you an expert in? What have you noticed recently that seemed broken? If you were going to build something just for fun, what would it be?
Paul Grahamx.comPaul Graham