Great questions
Duhigg, Supercommunicators
36 questions that lead to love
Part 1
Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
Would you like to be famous? In what way?
Before making a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you are going to say? Why?
What would constitute a "perfect" day for you?
When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else?
If you were
Big thinking questions
What do I spend a silly amount of money on? How might I scratch my own itch?
What if I did the opposite for 48 hours?
What would I do/have/be if I had $10 million? What’s my real TMI?
What are the worst things that could happen? Could I get back here?
If I could only work 2 hours per week on my business, what would I do?
What if I
For prioritization - via Matt Lerner
If this works, how big could it be?
What are the riskiest assumptions behind this idea?
What’s the quickest way we can test those assumptions?
Big questions interrupt the daily routines people fall into and prompt them to step back and see their life from a distance. Here are some of my favorite questions that do that: “What crossroads are you at?” At any moment, most of us are in the middle of some transition. The question helps people focus on theirs. “What would you do if you weren’t a
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“Extreme” questions for brainstorming
If all our customers vanished, and we had to earn our growth and brand from scratch, what would we do?
If our biggest competitor copied every single feature we have, how would we still win?
If you were forced to increase your prices by 10x, what would you have to do to justify it?
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Confronting questions:
Which of my current views would change if my incentives were different?
Which of my current views would I disagree with if I were born in a different country or generation?
What do I think is true but is actually just good marketing?
What do I ignore because it’s too painful to accept?
Who has the right answers but I ignore b