Management & Teams
What common ground can we find in this situation to move forward constructively?
What common ground can we find in this situation to move forward constructively?
How do you feel your work contributes to the team's overall goals?
How do you feel your work contributes to the team's overall goals?
Quiet Leadership by David Rock
Can you walk me through your thought process on how you approached this challenge?
Can you walk me through your thought process on how you approached this challenge?
Quiet Leadership by David Rock
What do you feel are your most significant strengths, and how can you use them more effectively in your role?
What do you feel are your most significant strengths, and how can you use them more effectively in your role?
What new approaches could we consider that we haven't tried before?
What new approaches could we consider that we haven't tried before?
How can we as a team improve in providing specific, sincere praise and constructive, kind criticism?
How can we as a team improve in providing specific, sincere praise and constructive, kind criticism?
What would success look like?
What would success look like?
What date would you be surprised by if this project wasn’t done by then?
What date would you be surprised by if this project wasn’t done by then?
Shaan MyFirstMillion
How can we leverage individual team members' passions to drive our project forward?
How can we leverage individual team members' passions to drive our project forward?
Productivity
What would it look like if I was confident in this?
What would it look like if I was confident in this?
Feel Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal
What would this look like if it was fun?
What would this look like if it was fun?
Feel Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal
What would this look like if it was easy?
What would this look like if it was easy?
Tim Ferris
How can I approach this with less seriousness and a little more sincerity?
How can I approach this with less seriousness and a little more sincerity?
Feel Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal
What 'busy work' can I eliminate or delegate to focus more on what truly matters?
What 'busy work' can I eliminate or delegate to focus more on what truly matters?
Decisions
What are reasons not to do this?
What are reasons not to do this?
Who is this for? What is this for?
Who is this for? What is this for?
What's the hard part?
What's the hard part?
Who do we need buy-in from in order for this to move forward?
Who do we need buy-in from in order for this to move forward?
Is this a reversible or irreversible decision?
Is this a reversible or irreversible decision?
What's the most daring choice we could make right now, and what would be the potential payoff?
What's the most daring choice we could make right now, and what would be the potential payoff?
What’s the frequency and magnitude of this problem?
What’s the frequency and magnitude of this problem?
Wes Kao’s Newsletter
Why now?
Why now?
Wes Kao’s Newsletter
Here is all my context. What would you do?
Here is all my context. What would you do?
Unknown
Startups
How can I move the needle on this idea/goal in the next hour?
How can I move the needle on this idea/goal in the next hour?
How can we test this idea in the smallest, lowest-overhead way possible?
How can we test this idea in the smallest, lowest-overhead way possible?
If we were to start our business from scratch today, what would we do differently?
If we were to start our business from scratch today, what would we do differently?
How will this save money or make money?
How will this save money or make money?
Wes Kao’s Newsletter
What do our worst customers all have in common?
What do our worst customers all have in common?
What would 12 out of 10 look like? / Who is doing this as a 12 out of 10?
What would 12 out of 10 look like? / Who is doing this as a 12 out of 10?
Shaan Puri
Personal Development
In what areas do I need to be more open to hearing harsh truths about myself, and how can I encourage others to provide me with honest feedback?
In what areas do I need to be more open to hearing harsh truths about myself, and how can I encourage others to provide me with honest feedback?
Who have I helped this year and how?
Who have I helped this year and how?
Why do I believe what I believe?
Why do I believe what I believe?
The Book of Beautiful Questions by Warren Berger
What if this isn’t a yes or no decision?
What if this isn’t a yes or no decision?
The Book of Beautiful Questions by Warren Berger
What would I try If I knew I couldn’t fail?
What would I try If I knew I couldn’t fail?
The Book of Beautiful Questions by Warren Berger
What if I replace judgement with curiousity?
What if I replace judgement with curiousity?
The Book of Beautiful Questions by Warren Berger
What's one thing I can do today that I'll be thankful for a year from now?
What's one thing I can do today that I'll be thankful for a year from now?
Is this issue going to matter in a year or five years from now?
Is this issue going to matter in a year or five years from now?
Stephen Barlett
Can I control or influence this situation?
Can I control or influence this situation?
Stephen Barlett
What’s the worst that could happen and can I handle that?
What’s the worst that could happen and can I handle that?
Stephen Barlett
What would you do today that you would be happy you did tomorrow?
What would you do today that you would be happy you did tomorrow?
Jimmy Carr
What silly story am I telling myself?
What silly story am I telling myself?
Shaan Puri
What do you see me do that is easier for me than it is for other people?
What do you see me do that is easier for me than it is for other people?
Am I leaning into my absolute strengths and unfair advantages to its theoretical max?
Am I leaning into my absolute strengths and unfair advantages to its theoretical max?
Shaan Puri
Innovation
What recent changes in our industry can we view as opportunities rather than threats?
What recent changes in our industry can we view as opportunities rather than threats?
What’s the obvious thing you’ve noticed as an insider but isn’t obvious to everyone else?
What’s the obvious thing you’ve noticed as an insider but isn’t obvious to everyone else?
Shaan Puri (MFM)
If we had to completely reinvent our product/service, what foundational change would we make and why?
If we had to completely reinvent our product/service, what foundational change would we make and why?
If you were forced to increase your prices by 10x, what would you have to do to justify it?
If you were forced to increase your prices by 10x, what would you have to do to justify it?
If all our customers vanished, and we had to earn our growth and brand from scratch, what would we do?
If all our customers vanished, and we had to earn our growth and brand from scratch, what would we do?
If you were never allowed to provide tech support, in any form, what would have to change?
If you were never allowed to provide tech support, in any form, what would have to change?
What would be the most fun thing to build?
What would be the most fun thing to build?
If we could never talk to our customers again, how would we figure out what to build?
If we could never talk to our customers again, how would we figure out what to build?