Great questions
by Lauren Crichton · updated 2mo ago
Great questions
by Lauren Crichton · updated 2mo ago
“Extreme” questions for brainstorming
If all our customers vanished, and we had to earn our growth and brand from scratch, what would we do?
If our biggest competitor copied every single feature we have, how would we still win?
If you were forced to increase your prices by 10x, what would you have to do to justify it?
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End-of-year work retro questions:
Do I Know What’s Most Important To My Boss In The Upcoming Year? Does My Team?
What’s The Most Impactful Piece Of Feedback I Got This Year? Did I Give Clear Feedback As A Manager?
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re: generative AI: why should anybody be expected to read something you couldn't be bothered to write?
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Big thinking questions
What do I spend a silly amount of money on? How might I scratch my own itch?
What if I did the opposite for 48 hours?
What would I do/have/be if I had $10 million? What’s my real TMI?
What are the worst things that could happen? Could I get back here?
If I could only work 2 hours per week on my business, what would I do?
What if I
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For prioritization - via Matt Lerner
If this works, how big could it be?
What are the riskiest assumptions behind this idea?
What’s the quickest way we can test those assumptions?
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Dream big questions:
‘What would I be like/spend my time doing if all my current major problems had been solved?’
‘What are the things I say I value but don’t act as if I value, and what would my life feel like on inside if I actually acted as if I valued those things?’
‘What am I afraid of doing, and what would my life be like if I wasn’t afraid of d
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7 Lenses
Ask: What would this look like if it were true?
Ask: What does this look like from above?
Ask: What is someone else’s experience with this?
Ask: What is the best argument for this?
Ask: What is the strongest counter-argument against this?
Ask: How can this be approached with unconventional methods?
Ask: How woul
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Confronting questions:
Which of my current views would change if my incentives were different?
Which of my current views would I disagree with if I were born in a different country or generation?
What do I think is true but is actually just good marketing?
What do I ignore because it’s too painful to accept?
Who has the right answers but I ignore b
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Weekly reflection questions
via Lauren Currie
What happened? What did I do well?
What did I learn? How did I feel?
What am I thinking about?
via Sari Azout
What is the right lesson to take from this week?
What am I currently procrastinating about?
Whose advice will help me solve my problems?
What is my current biggest priority?
What’s weighing on my mind?
via
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