Most of us have grown up without a key skill - the ability to ask  questions that empower either ourselves or the listener to take responsibility to solve a problem or find an answer. 

We think it's all about the Who, Where, Why, How and What of every situation, but there's more to this skill. So much more.

If it was all about getting the facts, we'd be close. Still not perfect, given our penchant as humans to confuse our thoughts with facts, but that's a topic for another day.

There's more to this because depending on how we ask, the words we choose to include and exclude from our questions and our intention overall, we end up with either a very empowered team, co-worker (or even ourself), or we create space and discomfort and even distrust between ourselves and everyone around us.

 

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