Great questions

Ask three people you trust to answer these questions about you:

• What is my impact in the world?

• In three words, what am I embodying?

• Where do you think I could grow?

adrienne maree brown — Emergent Strategy

Most of the time, “What should I do with my life?” is a terrible question. “What should I do with this tennis serve?” “What should I do with this line at Starbucks?” “What should I do with this traffic jam?” “How should I respond to the anger I feel welling up in my chest?” These are better questions. Excellence is the next five minutes,

What’s the question behind the question?

 ‘What would this look like if it were easy?
Tim Ferris

Questions to ask your boss

1. What do you think are the 3 biggest issues for our team right now?⇒ Shows big-picture thinking and caring about the team’s success

2. My top 3 priorities are X, Y and Z — do you feel they’re the most impactful way for me to spend my time? ⇒ Shows desire to have impact and work on the most important things

3. I noticed X happened

What is the next most elegant step?

Gibrán Rivera via adrienne maree brown Emergent Strategy