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
via Theaster Gates
The five questions in V2MOM are:
What do I really want?
What’s important about it?
How do I get it?
What is preventing me from having it?
How will I know that I have it?
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
“What do you mean by XX?” This phrase is exceptional, simple, and under-used in my opinion.
Molly Graham • “Black Hole Words” and the power of asking stupid questions
- Does this feel like something I’m uniquely capable of?
- Is this how I want to spend my time and energy?*
- What is the right shape/size for this project?
- What stresses does this add to my life?
- How should this feel if it’s going well?
Behzod Sirjani • Yet Another Year in Review - Year 03.5 — Behzod
what if we defined our life purpose as a way of being?
What are the layers of resistance you have to overcome?