4 Questions everyone should ask
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Garth Heckman
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- If you mixed vodka with orange juice and milk of magnesia, would you get a Phillips Screwdriver?
- If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy all her friends?
- If you jog backwards, will you gain weight?
One of my favorite quotes is “nothing ruins a great question faster than an easy answer”.
Here (in alphabetical order by author) are 15 great quotes about questioning:
- 1.“The master key of knowledge is, indeed, a persistent and frequent questioning.” – Peter Abelard
- 2.“A prudent question is one half of wisdom.” – Francis Bacon
- 3.“The one who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.” – Confucius
- 4.“The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.” – Peter Drucker
- 5.“Only the one who does not question is safe from making a mistake.” – Albert Einstein
- 6.“There are no right answers to wrong questions.” – Ursula K. Le Guin
- 7.“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.” – Naguib Mahfouz
- 8.“Never ask a question unless the answer makes a difference.” – Proverb
- 9.“There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.” – Charles Proteus Steinmetz
- 10.“It’s better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.” – James Thurber
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
One of the best things about a good question is that it can motivate you more than the answer itself. I always ask myself “does your wife want a fat limp husband”. Now I know the answer… but the question itself motivates me in the gym, in the kitchen and in daily life choices…
QUESTIONS
Every once in a while get off the merry go round and ask yourself these questions. 1. what am I doing? 2. what should I be doing? 3. What should I be doing next? 4. What should I not be doing?
As mentioned, the best questions often come in response to listening to what the person said, but these questions are good to keep in reserve:
- What are you thinking about these days?
- What are you looking forward to?
- What might surprise me about (insert a topic s/he knows a lot about)?
- What’s something not obvious about (insert a topic s/he knows a lot about)?
- What’s the best and worst thing about X?
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