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
sari and
good questions
“Is the life I am living the same as the life that wants to live in me?” - Parker Palmer
Laura McKowen • On the life that wants to live in you.
this hurdle I have to jump over each time I write: How can I say this more crisply? When I write (which is really just to say: when I think) it all boils down to one simple, but utterly excruciating question: What am I really trying to say here?
Isabel Hazan • distillation
When have I felt most joyful this year and what steps can I take to recreate those conditions?
3-2-1: On creating the conditions for joy, how to go to hell, and the simple way to clarify your thinking
Instead of asking: "Do you have any questions?", ask "What questions do you have?"
The first almost always results in silence, while the second helps people feel comfortable asking questions.
alex and
a great question to ask a company when doing dilligence:
"What's a feature request that you get a lot, but that you will never build?"
Helps understand where the focus of the team is
Engineering is (unconsciously) driven by the assumption that humanity’s needs for speed, comfort, materialism, and convenience are limitless. What if we introduced limits (economic, human, and ecological limits) to people’s needs? How would engineers design the things we use in a world that sets limits to growth?