Edgar Shankles Humble Inquiry is a way of asking yourself questions that you don't know the answer to. It's an honest, open, curious question and it can feel quite uncomfortable for people who are used to having answers all the time. The first six-minute exercise involves throwing out as much information as possible on a piece of paper - without caring about where apostrophes go. And then at the end, just look back and pick out the gold dust because there'll be a lot of drops in there, especially the first couple of minutes. But just keep going and you'll find the gold dust.

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