Up: [[Questioning]]
Created: 2024-01-29
The best leaders ask the ambitious, unexpected questions that no one else is asking, rather than pretend to have all the answers.
Leadership questions tend to be visionary.
### Good Examples
- When have I come up short — and why? Failure usually contains lessons that may be useful in developing guiding principles.
- Who are my formative influencers? What did I learn from them?
- What do we do that others can’t or won’t? This shifts focus to your strengths and uniqueness.
- If we disappeared tomorrow, who would miss us? This clarifies why you matter and to whom.
- What should we stop doing? This is the Peter Drucker question intended to practice systematic abandonment.
- What stupid rule should we kill? It’s interesting to see what people choose!
- At this moment, what is the highest, best use of my time? This is how to maximize your personal productivity.
> [!User] Warren Berger in *The Book of Beautiful Questions*