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Two new popular posts in my ongoing “The Questionologist” column for PsychologyToday.com, and a great podcast conversation about the power [...]

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 [...]

What should I read? What should I watch?

These are unusual times; everyone I know is doing a lot more reading and binge-watching than usual and they’re all [...]

People in the news using beautiful questions

When you’re a questionologist, you can’t help spotting beautiful questions in your reading. Below are a few I found [...]

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 [...]

How asking questions at work can help you

You might be hesitant to ask questions of your bosses. But it’s important to do so because it enables you [...]

Questolutions: The Power of Questions to Get Things Done

Why do questions motivate us more than resolutions? [...]

These 5 questions are “creativity killers.” If you find you’re asking yourself any of them, just stop.

The questions we ask ourselves about creativity also can undermine creative confidence or cause us to misdirect our efforts. Here [...]

Bringing beautiful questions to South Carolina

My immersive first-year reading experience at the University of South Carolina as the chosen book/author. [...]

It’s Back to School as Usual, But in Many Questioning Classrooms It’s Not School as Usual

The curiosity and engagement unleashed by a questioning environment is undeniably powerful and lasting. [...]

36 Questions

The 36 questions used in Arthur Aron’s experiment are wonderful examples of open-ended, deep questions. A discussion of the power [...]

Visualizing questioning

A new art form is flourishing—the art of visualizing talks. See how some skillful visual notetakers have made art out [...]

Is “critical thinking” in critical condition? How questions can help.

Want to be a better critical thinker? Questions can be a powerful way to spot false narratives and “weaponized lies.” [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]