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
So I’m asking, What is the change I’m trying to make? And, Who’s it for and what’s it for? And then I ask things like, What’s the medium that will help it get there? Is it a blog post, or a talk? Or is it a book? What box does it fit in?
every.to • Seth Godin Hates Being Organized
Now I can hold a sustained, tailored conversation on any of the topics I care about, from agnotology to zoosemiotics, with a system that has effectively achieved Ph.D.-level competence across all of them. I can construct the “book” I want in real time—responsive to my questions, customized to my focus, tuned to the spirit of my inquiry. And the
... See moreThe 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?
identifying the root cause of a problem is the most important thing
I’m no longer content to ask, “What do you think about X?” Instead, I ask, “How did you come to believe X?”
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
We are so obsessed with seeing if AI can do the things we do, but the real potential is things humans are in capable of. What can’t you do that is now possible? 
How can I thrive while operating contrary to dominant social and cultural trends?
The experts all agree: the trend, they say, is your friend.
All you need to do is identify it, and then you ride it out. And, true enough, I’ve watched thousands of people make a buck doing just that. If you are active in the arts, that may be the single most obvious... See more
The experts all agree: the trend, they say, is your friend.
All you need to do is identify it, and then you ride it out. And, true enough, I’ve watched thousands of people make a buck doing just that. If you are active in the arts, that may be the single most obvious... See more
Ted Gioia • My 12 Favorite Problems
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 would business and marketing look like if they were intrinsically enjoyable for creative people?
- What would an online business look like if it contributed to maximal human flourishing, both for the creator and their customers?
- How can I maximize the amount of aliveness in everything I do in my business, marketing, and creativity?
- What's the