good questions

What's a small change you've made that's led to big results in your life?

@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?

As soon as you start asking questions, you have an obligation to listen to the answers.

What is the highest-growth environment you’ve ever been in? What made it that way? (growth interpreted broadly: professional, in hobbies, interpersonal, etc)

Peter Thiel will also sometimes ask potential hires, “What problem do you face every day that nobody has solved yet?”

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?”

thread of questions I am trying out (feedback welcome!)

Some questions that I’ve found to be very effective in one-on-ones: If we could improve in any way, how would we do it? What’s the number-one problem with our organization? Why? What’s not fun about working here? Who is really kicking ass in the company? Whom do you admire? If you were me, what changes would you make? What don’t you like about the

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• 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. (

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