Two new popular posts in my ongoing “The Questionologist” column for PsychologyToday.com, and a great podcast conversation about the power of questions to improve your life.
Life
What if we used questioning more in our personal lives?
A Tool for These Uncertain Times
It is especially important in these times to embrace a “questioning mindset”—an attitude or disposition that is curious, open to new information, and willing to ask challenging questions.
The Best Networking Advice
My recent article on questioning as a quiet person’s superpower struck a chord with author Susan Cain who called it “The Best Networking Advice I’ve Seen Yet.”
Questolutions: The Power of Questions to Get Things Done
Why do questions motivate us more than resolutions?
36 Questions
The 36 questions used in Arthur Aron’s experiment are wonderful examples of open-ended, deep questions. A discussion of the power of good questions to form lasting connections—even between strangers.
Find Your Passion with These 8 Thought-Provoking Questions
The following eight questions—shared by a noteworthy lineup of entrepreneurs, innovators, consultants, and creative thinkers—can help you figure out where your heart lies and what you really ought to be doing.
The inquiring mind of Reggie Watts: A Top 12 list of his questions
I don’t know if they qualify as “beautiful questions” but there’s something oddly fascinating about the imaginative questions that band leader Reggie Watts asks the guests of James Corden’s The Late Late Show.
8 Ways to Improve a Question
How do you improve a question? I came up with these eight ways to take an existing question and make it better.
How might you find your own “Big Idea”?
Author Dorie Clark says finding your breakthrough idea and standing out in a crowded world start with some deep questioning.
Michelle Obama on friendship, fear of failure, and focusing on learning
Michelle Obama’s advice to her younger self offers some good life lessons and even a shout-out to asking questions.
How might questioning tie in with health and fitness?
I don’t necessarily associate health clubs with questioning—or with innovation, for that matter. But Anytime Fitness enlightened me…
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