A Better Question
I posted this question on Facebook after watching a Steven Spielberg documentary.
“What kind of movies do you think Steven Spielberg makes?”
The intent was to get a sense of what genre or style of movies that most of my Facebook friends figured that Steven Spielberg made. I suppose I wanted to show that the filmmaker didn’t just make science-fiction films or historical period pieces or what have you. He wasn’t going to be pigeonholed into one particular genre. And my ultimate intention was to use that as an analogy in an upcoming workshop.
But my friend Doug gave me an answer that I didn’t expect.
That’s me that laughed at his answer. Not only because it was funny, but because I realized that I had asked the question in a way that allowed him to answer that way.
So I changed the question to be a bit more specific so I could obtain more of the answers that I was looking for. That’s the lesson I learned — and I know I’ll continue to learn it going forward.
Ask a better question, get a better answer.
The first place I’m going to start doing this is in my 30 Days of TimeCrafting course. Because when I do that, I’m going to make a good experience even better. Do you want a proven path to feeling less overwhelmed and more accomplished with your time? Then I encourage you to check out the course here.
