Questions
Questions I like to ask myself:
Becoming and embodying our full self, having the courage to be one’s self
Purpose finding- personal transformation- conscious effort to develop mind and spirit
What does it mean to be authentically oneself?
How do introduce more awe and wonder in the world?
How can we be better human beings? How can we be better to others?
How can we foster deeper self-awareness?
How do we encourage emotional intelligence to understand self, relate others, and be at ease in the world at large?
On questions and wonder:
Socrates Express ‘s chapter, How to Wonder like Socrates
Good questions move in two directions: they seek, and convey meaning.
As Voltaire said, the best judge of a person is not the answers they give but the questions they ask.
Carl Sagan: Every question is a cry to understand the world.
Eric Weiner: Every question is a cry to understand ourselves.
Jacob Needleman: Our culture has generally tended to solve its problems without experiencing its questions. If I really live a question, let it haunt me, then this state of deep questioning is transformative in itself.
A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
Rainer Maria Wilke: I want to beg you, as much as I can, dear sir, to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.
Good Questions to ask Others:
School of Life Game sets of Questions
E.g. the Loser Game
How have you blamed someone for an issue that was, if you’re truly honest, largely your fault?
What three rude words would you apply to your character?
Where Should We Begin - warning, pretty spicy questions 🌶️🌶️🌶️
where in the world have you gone that left the biggest impression on you?
when was a time when someone was a good friend to you?
when was a time you were a good friend to someone else?
what is a moment you go back to and still cringe about?
what is a business idea you had or pursued?
what is the most meaningful gift you’ve ever received?
what is the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
if you had the time, what would you want to learn more about?
Asking questions together:
Where to find questions you didn’t know you had