Better Insights, Better Results
“Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.” — Oscar Wilde If you’re not getting what you want, you might not be asking the right way. Or, you might not be asking the right person. It’s an easy trap to fall into. It’s easy to ask, but it’s not so easy to ask well. It takes …
"Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers." — Anthony Robbins Why are you stuck? That’s not a very empowering question. You’ll just figure out reasons for why you’re stuck. Instead, ask a question like "how can you move forward?" or "how might you accomplish that?" The key is to …
“A major stimulant to creative thinking is focused questions. There is something about a well-worded question that often penetrates to the heart of the matter and triggers new ideas and insights.” — Brian Tracy How can you ask better questions to improve your effectiveness? Asking Outcome Questions Puts You in a More Resourceful State By …
One of the best books I’ve found for simplifying NLP into practical application is Brilliant Nlp: What the Most Successful People Know, Say and Do , by David Molden and Pat Hutchinson. NLP is a set of techniques and strategies for modeling excellence. I use NLP for practical things from building rapport to learning success …
“Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.” — Victor Hugo The precision model is a tool for overcoming some of the most common language pitfalls. When your language is fluffy or when somebody else’s language is fluffy, it can be difficult to take effective action, because you don’t really understand what the problem …
