Using questions to help others find true inspiration and get down to the root of problems.

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Independence Day games.

Hi I'm Brian Pombo, welcome back to Brian J. Pombo Live.

We've got independence day coming up here in the States, here is what the US flag currently consists of 50 stars that may be changing soon, you never know that they're going to add another, God only knows, take another one away.

But I want to welcome you back to the show.

I want to talk about a game that you can play and this is one I love playing. I've probably discussed doing this during the holidays and it's really fun.

If you're seeing people you don't normally see or talking with people you don't normally get to talk with, whether that be friends or family. Sit down and ask your friends, your family questions. And this is always fun, especially if you're a business owner, if you're an entrepreneur of any type, or if you're an executive, if you're one of the people in charge, let's say you're Head of Marketing for your company, or something of that sort, or your the CEO, and your mind probably thinks quite a bit differently than the average person.

I'm guessing you probably have an idea of where you're going in life and you've got dreams and hopes and all these things that you're you're looking forward to.

A whole lot of your business is in trying to get to know who your customer is a little better. And if it's not part of your business, it's something you should be doing.

I don't even care if you're not in charge of it. If you're in charge of anything in your business, you need to start seeing it from the customer perspective.

You probably have more than one customer.

We've talked about that before, too.

I don't mean just more than one customer, I mean more than one type of customer, you probably have uniquely very distinct different types of people who you're playing towards, and they may not always be a traditional customer.

But I digress, let's pull back from that for a second.

The average person walking around doesn't think that way. They don't think about other people that much. They're usually focused on their own issues, their own problems. They're oftentimes not looking that far ahead into the future. They're not thinking about what's coming next.

And so it's fun, it always causes a stir in a good way. If you handle it right, they'll do it in a good way.

It causes interesting, very interesting conversations to pop up.

You'll find that some people have ideas that you never would have thought that they would have had.

Here's the line of question. And for one thing, just spending time asking people questions, it'll make you a better person. Because it gives you a chance to sit back and just listen to people.

If you're anything like me, you'd rather talk than listen. But it's good to learn how to sit back and listen. Just doing that is gonna make your holiday a little bit more happier.

Also, if you can ask them about where they're going in life, what they see their future as being where do they see themselves in the next five years?

Do they think they're still gonna be living in the same place doing the same thing, work in the same job?

Do they figure they'll probably be driving the same cars doing all that stuff,