good questions
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good questions
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?”
Peter 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?”
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's a small change you've made that's led to big results in your life?
S.J. Scott 📈 Introvert Millionaire Habitsx.comQuestions like “what are you compulsive about?” can sometimes reveal the other person’s elephant. Or: “Where have you experienced a moment of ignition, when you saw some older person doing an activity and you intuited that they were wired the same way you were, and you said to yourself ‘I want to be that’?” Or: “How would your spouse/sibling/parent... See more
Graham Duncan Blog • What’s going on here, with this human?
As soon as you start asking questions, you have an obligation to listen to the answers.
Ted Gioia • How to Read Plato
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.com16. 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?”