Great question submitted by Annie Murrell ( @AnnieMurrell), from the blog A Quiet Mind. I think what would happen if teenagers believed this is that the world woul

When confronted with almost any demanding situation, the act of questioning can help guide us to smart decisions. By asking questions, we can analyze, learn, and move forward in the face of uncertainty. But "questionologist" Warren Berger says that the questions must be the right ones; the ones that cut to the heart of complexity or enable us to see an old problem in a fresh way. Brand builder and coach Rosemary Breehl reports, “My Beautiful Question is actually my WHY. A few years ago, one of my business associates introduced me to Simon Sinek’s TED Talk about “The Golden Circle,” and how to find and construct your own WHY, and I’ve been working on it and using it since then. In fact, I have helped many others find their own WHY and I teach workshops on that as well. That is why I was so intrigued with the concept of the BQ and was able to put my WHY in the form of a BQ: How might I inspire others to see their own greatness so they can live the life of their dreams?” Warren Berger’s book is a cure for a disease in large enterprises. A More Beautiful Question provides a framework to help leaders ask the most important questions—which is one of the most fundamental characteristics of a great leader—while sharing inspiring stories to show the incredible power of this concept.” Even though this book came out in 2018, I did not fully finished the reading until recently, partly because of my schedule and partly because I took on a massive reading list, which was motivated by the questions I had generated for myself after reading the first book. Yes, Berger has questions in this book about procrastination too. In The Book of Beautiful Questions, expert “questionologist” Warren Berger shares illuminating stories and compelling research on the power of inquiry. Drawing from the insights and expertise of psychologists, innovators, effective leaders, and some of the world's foremost creative thinkers, he presents the essential questions readers need to make the best choices when it truly counts, with a particular focus in four key areas: decision-making, creativity, leadership, and relationships.

Most people believe that great leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, and activists are distinguished by their ability to give compelling answers. This profound book shatters that assumption, showing that the more vital skill is asking the right questions…. Berger poses many fascinating questions, including this one: What if companies had mission questions rather than mission statements? This is a book everyone ought to read—without question.” What would I try if I knew I could not fail? Start with this favorite Silicon Valley question to help identify bold possibilities." The humble question can be a powerful tool. By asking questions, we learn, analyze, understand—and can move forward in the face of uncertainty. When confronted with almost any demanding situation, in work or life, the act of questioning can help guide us to smart decisions and a sensible course of action. But the questions must be the right ones; the ones that cut to the heart of a complex challenge, or that enable us to see an old problem in a fresh way.

accumulated knowledge, biases, or assumptions about how the world works and why things are the way they are. Her mind is both open and expansive— an ideal condition for wondering, inquiring, and growing. This seems to begin changing somewhere around age five or six. The asking of questions (at least the ones that are verbalized by young students in school) tends to subside steadily,8 year by year, according to research from the nonprofit Right Question Institute, which studies questioning and devises question-formulation exercises for schools. What was once a hundred-per- day questioning habit among four-year-olds dwindles down to a few questions—or none—among teenagers. What are the five enemies of questioning? It is convenient to blame this on our education system, which, for the most part, is test-driven and answers-based. And our schools could be doing much more to encourage questioning by students. But clearly, a number of additional forces and pressures work against questioning. Foremost among what I think of as the “five enemies of questioning” is fear. Though many young children start out as fearless questioners, they gradually get the message—from teachers, parents, other kids—that asking a question carries risks, including the risk of revealing what they don’t know and perhaps ought to know. It is a near-paralyzing problem for young students and seems to get worse as they move into the peer-pressure-cooker environments of junior high and high school. Students fear they’ll ask the “wrong” question—one that could be seen as off-topic or obvious—or that by asking any question, they’ll potentially be seen as uncool. As children become teenagers, coolness is generally associated with being in-the-know already—or acting as if you don’t care. To ask a question is an admission that 1) you don’t know, and 2) you do care—doubly uncool. As we move into adulthood, the fear of revealing that we “don’t know” is still there and in some ways may be even stronger. Kids at least have the excuse of being young, but adults have no excuse for not knowing something important. Fear of asking questions can be particularly strong in the workplace, as employees worry: Will asking questions make it seem as if I New Zealand psychologist and educator Max Gold tells us, “The question behind this beautiful question is: how do we know what we know is true? It questions the basis for our perception of what is real in the world, and therein lies the attractiveness of the question from my point of view.… In the world of complex human relationships and interactions in which I exist as a psychologist, seldom is it the case that truth can be established with any veracity. The best source of knowledge involves triangulating data from a variety of sources and perspectives. That makes establishing how we know what we know in human relationships like assembling a jigsaw puzzle.” And Gold feels that questioning can help with this assembly. But that is a minor quibble in what is overall a very good read for those who relish being challenged intellectually and enjoy being a polymath in this culture of specialists. The habit of asking questions is what the author is seeking to evolve, the questions that he uses in the book are examples, a starter kit for those nascent questionologists. The list of questions are to be used to jump starting their thought processes.

So until we can accurately present one another's arguments neither of us can accurately tell what each other position is Why don't we ask enough questions? Why do we ask so many bad questions? And how can we ask the kinds of great questions that make us better at leading, deciding, connecting, and creating? This isn't just a thought-provoking book on questions--it's also full of instantly useful answers. ( Adam Grant, bestselling author of ORIGINALS, GIVE AND TAKE, and OPTION B with Sheryl Sandberg) This was an audiobook, and below are a few things I jotted down as I was "mindlessly" listening to it, this unconscious scripture might reveal a lot about one's interests ... I hope : So what about your beautiful question? We all have goals, plans, passions, interests, concerns—and very little time these days. You may be wondering: Why add on a big, difficult, unanswered question? An especially quirky beautiful question submitted by James Favata at Leading Authorities speakers bureau, who spotted it in this video by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem.