Member-only story
Leadership
Powerful Questions Can Change Your Life
Question Your Way to the Top
One trait you will find to be common in every great leader is the ability to ask powerful questions. Curiosity and questioning stand at the foundation of learning. Questions lead to knowledge, understanding, and increased awareness, without which no one can lead effectively.
When you turn questions to yourself, you can gain knowledge and awareness about your very being. You see more of who you are and better understand what makes you tick. Understanding yourself is another prerequisite to leading effectively.
Let’s look at what it takes to create powerful questions.
The importance of questions
“In the presence of the question, the mind thinks again.” Nancy Kline, Time to Think
Did you know that responding to questions urges your brain to grow new cells (neurogenesis), regardless of age? Your mind is wonderfully complex and doesn’t take kindly to being told what to do, but questions are a different matter! In her book Time to Think, Nancy Kline stated:
“The mind resists commands and responds to questions.” Nancy Kline, Time to Think
