Asking the Right Questions

Obverse Alchemy
Apr 21, 2021

“ Questioning allows us to organize our thinking around what we don’t know ” Questions are a guide — in an age of a lot of information and answers asking the right questions is crucial.

Curiosity questions — little kid questions. Kids asks around 300 questions a day. Questioning declines as we get older because answers are valued more than questions.

Naïve questions — ask them , then develop them to something that is more concrete and applicable.

Questions are at the root of innovations. They are also a survival skill for all. Problem solving. Getting to clarity

Dumb questions — Michael Gladwell is popular for this. Ask dumb/absurd questions ,breaks the normal way of answering them. Thought Outside. Leads to interesting Ideas — most answers can be garbage but the few answers revolutionary. The dumbest questions can be the most important questions

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