Ask More

 Book Title: Ask more

Book chapter: Why ask?

Author: Frank Sesno  Reviewed by : Jason Cheng Qi Quan

        In this world there are full of unknown. We ask someone to explain to us about unknown phenomena.  There is answer behind the unknown , we just need to ask to correct question to get the answer. Do you still remember when is your last time you ask the question? Are you feeling satisfied with the answer? If the answer is no, lets us begin our journey to discover how to ask from this book! Ask more is a book that shares the techniques of asking questions. 

        Firstly, ask questions  helps to solve the problem. Ask the correct question will save you time and increase your productivity. In our career life, it is very normal that we are stuck when we encounter a difficult issue. We crack our heads and can't figure out what is the solution. At this moment, raise the flag and ask your colleague!  How to ask correctly? Our mind starts wondering. Am I ok to ask the question? Sometimes we fear to ask the question because we are too aware of other people's emotions. We worry we ask the stupid question. We scare we will being scolded and or humiliate teammates because we ask the wrong questions. A lot of voices are shouting in your mind. The fearful voice in your mind is the biggest culprit to stop you ask the question. If you didn't ask, you are more struggling to solve the issue and miss the opportunity to get the correct answer. Therefore, don't afraid of asking the question. It is ok to ask the wrong question and we learn how to ask the correct question next time. Ask the correct question and help you get the correct answer and solve the issue efficiently.

     

        Ask questions can help us to make a better decision. Sometimes we may feel lost and doubt ourselves. We lost our ability to made decisions because we don't have a strong foundation of knowledge and evidence. We are feeling not confident to decide if we don't have appropriate knowledge in our mind. What can we do? Ask the expert who excels in the particular field. If you wish to know more about health, ask a nutritionist. If you want to know more about financial management, ask the financial planner. We need to pepper experts with questions! We can collect all the answers. We can get a direct answer for them! We can make better decisions based on several answers. Ask the strategic question will clarify our decision-making.

 

        Moreover, ask questions helps us to connect with someone. Good social interaction helps us be more engaged with society. We can discover our meaning by connecting to society. Although human world is complex, we can try our best to send our message to society. How to begin the connection? Ask question! We ask the question to understand other people's problem. We ask the question to understand what people want and need. We ask the question to understand how people think and feel. After that, we can help them based on our ability. We can think of the answer based on the perspective of others. The empathy question is the suitable form of a question in this scenario. The question can be simple as  this. How are you feeling today? A good conversation begins with a simple question.  Don't let other people's emotions influence you to continue to ask questions. Sometimes I also feel uncomfortable when someone is feeling angry after I ask questions. Take a deep breath and calm yourself down. I am in the process of learning and I believe that I can do it, you can do it too! 

         Lastly, ask questions can help us understand the world better. Ask questions can discover the unknown part of the world and make us one step closer to engage with the world. The world is changing constantly. What we know and understand is very limited. Ask questions can broaden our knowledge horizon and explore a different part of the world. Therefore, if you wish to know more about asking question techniques, ask me more and I am willing to share with you how to ask personally!