The Importance of Asking Open Ended Questions

If you're like most people, open ended questioning is not your natural style. This one skill can transform what all the people in your life share with you. If i ask you an open hended question, for example, what ideas or concerns do you have about this? I'm inviting you to reflect. When you accept that invitation, you turn your attention inward. Your thoughts might begin to form immediately, but the language of your brain that's going to put words to those thoughts doesn't come on line until a little bit later. Endure the discomfort. As the facilitator, standing silently in front of a group for 20 or 30 or forty seconds can feel excruciating. But if