![]() Below are 3 ideas for ways to try it, mess up, talk about it and try again! We need low stakes, relaxed chances to practice. How do you feel about going to college?Īsking open and honest questions is harder and more powerful than we think. Not so honest questions: Leading, I know what I want or expect to hear, may be tainted with cultural assumptions, advice-in-disguise. Honest questions: no answers I hope or expect to hear, trust and invite the wisdom in others to speak. ![]() What are some experiences that have shaped your beliefs?Ĭlosed questions: invite quick, yes/no answers, narrow the field, stifle discovery Did you feel sheltered growing up in a small town? Open questions: create discovery and new territory to explore many possible answers. So, if “better” could mean more HONEST questions that OPEN up new connections to learning, to each other and to our deeper convictions, I’m in! What are we talking about here? In brief: How can you believe that? Or a couple of my favorite parenting questions, Why did you do that? and Did you yet? While these may temporarily give me a sense of satisfaction, they also create defensiveness, secrecy and probably some shame in my kids! What I really want to foster are courage, conviction and connection. ![]() Whether it's with friends, family, kids, colleagues or our fellow citizens, we are practiced at asking questions full of opinions and agendas. What makes a “better” question anyway? Let’s explore one take on it… As part of our small ‘t’ truth conversation we’ve come around once again to the power of a better question. ![]()
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