What Are The Most Important Questions Here?

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For almost everything that you do, there are essential questions that must be asked. Sometimes they happen consciously and other times subconsciously.

For instance, during the process of writing this article, the questions I’m asking myself include:

• Who am I writing for?
• What am I writing about?
• What’s the main point that I’m trying to make?

Even a simple activity like reading will have useful questions to ask if you want to get the most out of your reading such as:

• What kind of book is this? This will change the way you read and perceive the book.
• What is the book trying to say and how does the structural order of the book help the author convey that argument?
• What’s the question that the book is trying to answer? Sometimes the author will explicitly state the problem. Usually it will be implicit.

When you’re working generally, there are some high level questions which include:

• What’s the purpose of the task?
• What’s the specific problem that you’re trying to solve?
• What are the solutions? How does the solutions work? How can you measure or track the solution?

For every situation, find the right questions to ask by asking yourself, What Are The Most Important Questions Here?

Asking the better questions will lead to better answers.