The Importance of Asking Questions

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I think that's the best combination anybody could have for existing in this world and achieving anything professionally. If you watch the greats, you look at Kobe Bryant, he knew he was good, but he kept going. And so if you have those two, you can coexist in the world and be both a normal human being, but also believe you could be and achieve great things. Why are interviews so important to you? Because questions unlock answers. You know, I think people feel a lot of shame for the problems that they do have.

Nicole Behnam is a founder and journalist. She is the creator of Beyond The Interview, a Beyond With Nicole, where she’s interviewed people like Chris Voss, Tom Bilyeu, and Robert Greene. In this conversation, we spoke about turning friends into mentors, how Naval Ravikant spoke at one of her events, overcoming insecurities, reconciling friendships, and her Oscars speech. (0:00) Intro

(1:30) Family (5:00) LA Values (8:01) Turning Friends Into Mentors (Chris Voss) (15:03) Naval (17:31) Deep Convos vs. Red Carpet (20:19) Covering Andrew Schulz In 2018 (24:41) Nicole’s Brilliant Content Strategy (27:44) Voice vs. Text Communication (29:13) “Your Success Is Inevitable” (31:33) Advocating For More (33:31) Overcoming Insecurities (40:09) Why Interviews (42:06) Nicole 5 Years Ago (44:43) Twitter Spaces (49:01) Friendship & Beef With Leah Lamarr (57:59) Reconciling With Friends (1:01:31) What Do You Value? (1:03:21) What Would Your Oscars Speech Be? (Parenting) (1:16:32) More Experiences (1:18:03) Challenge Nicole's Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicoleBehnam Instagram: https://instagram.com/nicolebehnam YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@beyondwithnicole My Links 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda