good questions
on the art of asking questions, as well as examples of good questions to use in all areas of your life - team building, interviewing, improving relationships, research, and more
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good questions
Which of my strongest beliefs are formed on second-hand information vs. first-hand experience?
If I could not compare myself to anyone else, how would I define a good life?
Whose views do I criticize that I would actually agree with if I lived in their shoes?
Who do I envy that is actually less happy than I am?
Looking back, am I any good at... See more
If I could not compare myself to anyone else, how would I define a good life?
Whose views do I criticize that I would actually agree with if I lived in their shoes?
Who do I envy that is actually less happy than I am?
Looking back, am I any good at... See more
Morgan Housel • A Few Questions
Whether or not we live fulfilling lives often depends on our ability to honestly ask ourselves, How did I get here? Am I happy where I am? If not, how do I go to go somewhere different?
Ava • a blog is a space for dreaming
When you start managing someone, use your 1:1s in the first couple of weeks to understand their Context. Most new managers focus solely on Content (projects/goals/blockers). But Context + Content lets you move faster from Rapport to Credibility to Trust.
Example 1:1 questions:
Shreyas Doshitwitter.com
what is ine idea you’d defend like this?
In contrast, good planning explores, imagines, analyzes, tests, and iterates. That takes time. Thus, slow is a consequence of doing planning right, not a cause. The cause of good planning is the range and depth of the questions it asks and the imagination and the rigor of the answers it delivers. Notice that I put “questions” before “answers.”
... See moreBent Flyvbjerg • How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
Now that we’ve made sharing information virtually effortless, how do we increase depth of understanding, while also creating a level playing field that encourages ideas that come from anywhere?