Life Workshop

Questions should be open ended, not a "yes or no'' and should be unbiased.Question things and do not seek agreement or a certain answer.The more opinionated and the more ways to identity yourself, the more rigid you are and easier to be attacked and offended.Ask questions vs questioning.Try to understand others more than trying to be understood.Ask children "what great questions did you ask today" vs "what did you learn today". Ask a question AS IF you do not have any opinion or bias on the subject.When asking questions, focus on the solution not the problemIf you do not know who the right person is to ask a question, ask others to see if they know who the right person is to ask your question.We encourage people to express themselves and their opinions before encouraging them to ask questions and be curious.For children, don't ask the same lame questions, like "How was your day" be genuine and ask "what was the best time of your day". There is no right answer for a stupid question, that is why we should help the other party to mature the question.

How do you feel when you ask questions? Do you feel smart or not so smart? What do you think of others who ask more questions vs some who think they know enough?There are stupid questions however after asking few stupid questions you learn how to ask smart questions. It's better to have a stupid question than making a smart assumption.It's our responsibility to make others feel comfortable asking questions and helping them mature their questions.Question should be genuine and should allow the other party to answer freely, rather than seeking a certain answer.When someone asks you an honest question, they are paying respect to you and you should be grateful.Ask the question from someone who is educated and with proven track record in the field. The response of an uneducated person in a certain field, doesn't matter, since most likely it will be wrong.If you don't know who to ask, aging you can ask to find out who is the right person to ask your question.Why do children stop asking questions and start having answers? Probably it's because we encourage a right answer more than encouraging a smart question.Please remember, asking questions create connections.We encourage people to express themselves and their beliefs and opinions vs encouraging them to ask more questions and being curious.

Are you aware of any mistakes you are making currently? Do you do anything about them?How do you respond when someone points out your mistakes and will you take action to fix it? We should be aware that when someone points out your mistakes, it is simply referring to those mistakes and not you as a person.Seek feedback; the highlights, the good and the bad, don't just wait for unsolicited advice.With some cultures and some people, failures or mistakes are embarrassing and a sign of weakness, so they don't admit to them and rather become defensive.Unfortunately we see this behavior in government settings due to legal consequences or when one makes a rather big mistake. We should pay more respect to the ones who own their mistakes.Failure is not falling down, failure is not getting back up. We all make mistakes. That is okay, not fixing them is the mistake. The best way to know about your mistakes that you don't know is to ask others, not self reflection and self awareness, after all you see the world through your own glasses.

How do you feel about people who have opinions about everything and anything?Confidence comes because one knows a lot or doesn't know much at all. Often the second one is the main reason. Ask a genuine question and be ready for any answer, try not to expect an answer you're looking for.Not any opinion counts, only the educated ones do.We should encourage people to ask questions and not necessarily to have the answers.A dumb question is better than a smart assumption or opinion that is not backed up with some science or stats.When there is a dumb question, we should help to sharpen and clear up the question, not to make fun of the other party and make them feel stupid.There are dumb questions, but by asking more questions at one point we learn how to ask more appropriate questions. Often your opinion doesn't matter and you are not entitled to have one, unless you are well educated in the field and can back it up with science or stats.Life is simpler when we have less opinions.Life becomes more interesting when we have more questions.

Do you need to have an opinion, and if so are you qualified to have an opinion? How do you develop an opinion?When flying we don't tell the pilot to "push that button." We don't do this simply because we are not experienced pilot for that specific plane. Then why do we allow ourselves to have opinions on economy, politics, how the country should run and so on? We can definitely have questions but not sure if our opinion would be educated enough unless we have the required knowledge and the information.Having opinion makes us less curious.Just because you have a reason, that doesn't necessarily make you reasonable.

How much do you know before you allow yourself to develop an opinion?When one develops an opinion, one doesn't see a need to ask questions. Killing the curiosity makes one more closed minded.Ask the questions but refrain from developing opinions. Questioning helps the other party improve as well.I ask questions from the people who have the education and successful experience and put my trust in them. And simply I follow them but do not develop an opinion.Emotions start where logic stops, When logic stops, conversation should stop and then questioning should start.I challenge the result not the process.Life is simple, Beau makes it complicated :)

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Although first world countries tend to use more technology, the unemployment rate is lower than third world countries who use less technology. My conclusion is that, in the big picture technology does not take away jobs.We often accept the technology of the past but resist the technology of the future, e.g. we can't live without our washing machines but resist the invention of self driving vehicles. Similarly, we are okay with the poor results of our habits but question the better results of a change.We should accept advancements, but focus on how we can help the ones who get negatively affected by it. Q: Do you wanna work more or achieve more?

It is very important to use the right words when we speak, otherwise we can end up doing our best in the wrong direction. For example when we create jobs that are not productive, such as wars, fighting, legal battles and so on. There are jobs being created but move things backwards. Wrong words, wrong direction, wrong results. Normally I say I don't care how much you work, I care how much you achieve.Question the end result not the process. As a Physical therapist, what is important to me is, whether or not I make your pain better and not exactly how I did it.Q: What do you do to work smarter, not harder?