August 22, 2024

4 Questions everyone should ask

7 minutes

Garth Heckman

The David Alliance

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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

Matthew 7:7

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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