The Business Skill of Asking Questions

The business skill of asking questions

I was going to say asking questions is an art. Well, making art intimidates me. I guess there might be a component of art in asking questions because speaking up is scary. Let’s get into the details that I learned from three mentors about asking questions. The benefits are tremendous because we will be able to sleuth out Problems, understand complex, business, mappings, and even Crystal ball the future. A bonus is that asking questions will actually help you read faster.

TLDR, the best question to ask is actually a statement. “Can you repeat that!“

Think of this as a minimum viable question. All youre communicating is that you were listening. You can apply it to a Keynote that you’re listening to.

For example, the lecture of entrepreneurship engineering 145 is speaking and  Larry Chiang says the phrase, engineer up a business model, and then you say

Can you repeat that?

For example, there is a group of four people talking. You stand there and listen politely. No one is inviting you into the circle. No one is introducing themselves to you. The best question to ask is not hey, what’s your name?

The best question to ask when no one knows your name

Can you repeat that?

Let’s say, in a situation in a room full of PhD’s, and your rocking a bachelor of science that you earned because you’re really good at sports., You only got admitted because you’re a student athlete, stud… So how do you participate in a room full of Stanford PD‘s? so how do you meaningfully contribute in a room where the Harvard PhD’s are in their Plan B right now? This is how. Be the person that listens.

Be the person that expands on a prior

Be the person that asks can you repeat that?

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Expanding on a prior. Asking questions can help you read faster. Q question. 

PQRST is the speed reading protocol

Another prior point to extend on is to mention John Reid. He’s the father of interrogation.  In entrepreneurship and startups, asking questions to delve into true problems, and the dollar amounts connected to perceived problems and real problems.

Expand on a prior is chapter 5, and chapter 10 of Mark McCormack’s book. Asking questions.

Sitting in a lecture hall or a large group meeting, the class participation is usually very low. So a minimum viable amount of class participation would be to say, “hey can you repeat that