Ask the Right Question

Posted on May 26, 2016 by VoW under Daily Inspiration

The key to success in many areas of life, be it entrepreneurship, innovation, relationships, business, personal… is asking the right question.

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Egyptian novelist and 1988 Nobel Prize Winner, Mahfouz Naguib, put it this way, “You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.”

In order to arrive at the right question, we have to remain open, curious, and receptive. Asking the right question helps us to focus on the right problem. If we’re feeling stuck for too long in a particularly unsatisfying situation, chances are we’re focusing on the wrong problem and asking the wrong questions.

As management guru Peter Drucker says, “The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The truly dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.”

Remain open and curious, folks.

Posted on November 18, 2014 by VoW under Daily Inspiration, Quotes

“The problem isn’t with the beliefs themselves but with how we use them to get ground under our feet, how we use them to feel right and to make someone else feel wrong, how we use them to avoid feeling the uneasiness of not knowing what’s going on.” -Pema Chodron, The Places That Scare You

In Arguments, Always Let the Other Person Save Face

Posted on August 20, 2014 by VoW under Relationships & Love, Thought for the Day

In an argument, even if we are right and the other person is dead wrong, we only destroy ego by causing another to lose face. We have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. After all, what matters most is not what we think of him, but what he thinks of himself. Therefore, always preserve the dignity of others. In an argument, always let the other person save face.