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
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.”
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"Are you still under the illusion that you'll one day reach a point in your life where you no longer have any problems?"
Oliver Burkeman • What if you never sort your life out?
It's a question most of us could do with asking ourselves. I think virtually everyone, except perhaps the very Zen or very old, goes through life haunted to some degree by the feeling that this isn't quite the real thing, not just yet – that soon enough, we'll get everything in working order, get organised, get our personal issues resolved, but
... See moreOliver Burkeman • What if you never sort your life out?
"What if we valued young people as young people, not as potential adults?”
h/t Shuya Gong
What would it look like to answer the demanding cries of Earth, to be accountable to the needs of the planet? Given that these questions are likely already familiar to the readers of this publication, perhaps we need to ask something different: Can those of us willing to be accountable do enough to counter the choices of those bent on destruction?... See more
Claire Elise Thompson • How 'loving corrections' could transform our relationships with one another — and the Earth
if being online makes me feel bad, why am I here? By that I mean, what am I here chasing? What am I hoping to get or fulfill? And is there a better way to get that?
What are the kinds of experiences that can kindle a life-altering enchantment?
