My First Million

A Guide to Asking Better Questions - From the Archive

Jul 28, 2023

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Shaan Puri, an expert in asking better questions, shares valuable insights on how asking the right questions can lead to better answers in business and life. Topics covered include small talk questions, work-related questions, self-talk questions, and techniques for meaningful conversations, decision-making, and self-reflection.

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Asking better questions leads to more meaningful conversations and understanding of people.

Considering anti-goals, dumb plans, and overspending can provide valuable insights into personal values and preferences.

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Asking Better Questions

In this podcast episode, Sean shares his collection of great questions from his question stash and emphasizes the importance of asking better questions to get better results. He believes that by phrasing things differently and avoiding generic questions like 'How's it going?', one can have more meaningful conversations. He suggests asking questions like 'What were you doing before this?' or 'What's an ideal Friday night for you?' to dig deeper and gain a better understanding of people. Sean also provides work-related questions such as 'When would you be surprised if we didn't have this done?' to get more accurate timelines and 'What would be easy?' to explore simpler plans. In addition, he discusses the significance of self-talk and poses introspective questions like 'If I could only work two hours today, what would I do?' and 'Am I playing a stupid game?'. Overall, Sean's passion for asking better questions and the positive impact they can have shines through in this episode.

Self talk at work

01:13

The Question Collection: Exploring the Power of Asking Better Questions

01:08

The Hustle Daily Show

01:21

Introduction

2min

Techniques for Asking Better Questions and Engaging in Meaningful Conversations

4min

Asking Better Questions in Work Context

2min

Asking Better Questions for Clarity and Decision-Making

3min

Techniques and questions for self-reflection and decision-making

5min

Episode 480: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) has a motto — "Ask a better question, get a better answer". In this episode, he shares the most valuable questions he’s collected over the years that provide outsized returns in business and life.

If you want a worksheet with all the questions from this episode, you can download it here: https://tinyurl.com/4mr262f7

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Show Notes:

(00:00) Intro

(2:00) Small Talk Questions

(4:15) Work-Related Questions

(7:45) Self-Talk Questions

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Links:

• Download Shaan’s Guide here - https://tinyurl.com/4mr262f7

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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.

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