Learning how to ask good questions is a key skill you should work on

[00:00] One of the things I get my mentees to do [00:01] is I have an entire training on asking [00:03] good questions, right? Because this is a [00:05] skill that they need to have at the [00:07] workplace, right? And asking good [00:08] questions forces you to understand what [00:10] it is that you're trying to achieve, [00:12] what it is that you don't know, what it [00:13] is that you've tried. And it's the same [00:15] principle So, the same principle applies [00:17] to well, what do I need to learn? You [00:19] know, that that is not a great question. [00:21] A better question is what do I need What [00:23] am I trying to achieve? What do I need [00:24] to learn today to get me closer to that [00:26] directionally? And what do I not need to [00:28] What do Answering the question, what do [00:29] I not need to learn, in my view, helps a [00:31] lot with then choosing what you need to [00:33] learn. So, one of my students, she had a [00:34] problem and she was asking and she asked [00:37] good questions and rather than give her [00:39] the answer directly, I was training her [00:40] to ask better questions because then she [00:42] could sleuth and investigate her way to [00:44] the answer. Yes, it was longer, it was [00:45] more painful, it took a lot more time [00:47] for me and it took a lot more time for [00:48] her, but she was learning critical [00:50] skills in the process.