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Ask These Questions and Get Life Lessons That Blow Your Mind
On mindset, work, creativity, business, and much more.
Which questions would you ask if you had one hour with Bill Gates, Michelle Obama, and Warren Buffett?
Most people don’t know. They talk their way through life and never realize the power of great questions. Back in the 19th century, Georg Cantor said,
“To ask the right question is harder than to answer it.”
And it’s true: asking great questions is hard — probably nobody ever taught you how to do it.
But luckily, asking mind-blowing questions is a skill you can learn. Once you internalized your favorite ones, you can always come back to them.
To write this article, I listened to podcasts and revisited my summaries from ‘Zero to One’, ‘Tools of Titans’, and ‘Flow’. The result is this list with 34 curated questions on mindset, inspiration, resources, habits, business, and creativity.
On Mindset
- What comes first to your mind when you think of the word “successful”? Why?
- Do you believe in something for which others blame you to be crazy?
- Which advice would you give your 25-year old you…
