1076: Asking Better Questions to Forge Deeper Relationships with Mike Litton

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

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🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Mike Litton reveals his mindsets and questions that effortlessly deepen relationships.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why questions are your relationship superpower

2) The magic questions that get people to open up

3) Why to ask the scary questions

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— ABOUT MIKE —

Mike has over 33 years of experience in real estate, finance, and investing! He is passionate about being a father, a teacher, a Realtor, an investor, and a leader!

Mike is currently a broker associate, podcast host, mortgage loan originator, coach, entrepreneur, investor and adjunct instructor real estate.

His podcast, The Mike Litton Experience has been listened to over 3,350,000 times. It is heard in 64 countries world wide. Has over 342 episodes and has an impactful listening percentage of 82%. All in less than two years!

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— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: "Disclosing information about the self is intrinsically rewarding" by Diana Tamir and Jason Mitchell

• Study: Mehrabian’s 7-38-55 Communication Model: It’s More Than Words

• Book: Nobody Is Coming to Save You: A Green Beret's Guide to Getting Big Sh*t Done by Scott Mann

• Simpsons Episode: "Aw twenty dollars? I wanted a peanut!" The Simpsons

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0:00.0	As much as parents and grandparents will tell you that their kids are their favorite subject, it's actually them.
0:15.4	They're actually their favorite subject.
0:16.8	They just won't tell you because that's not the politically correct thing to do, right?
0:20.5	But they're literally dying to tell you their story.
0:23.5	You just have to care enough to ask.
0:26.6	Questions are incredibly important, but they're only important if you're using them strategically.
0:31.3	Okay?
0:31.9	And the best way to use questions strategically is to stay in curiosity, stay out of judgment.
0:38.7	Get to know people. That's Michael Lytton. He has over 33 years of experience in the fields of real estate, finance, and investing.
0:55.6	He's also the host of the podcast, The Mike Litton Experience, which has been downloaded
0:59.2	millions of times.
1:00.4	There, he demonstrates his other superpower, asking questions.
1:04.3	Mike's got a great perspective on how to use questions and curiosity to build powerful
1:07.8	relationships.
1:08.7	So you'll learn one, why questions are your relationship superpower.
1:12.4	Two, the magic questions that get people to open up.
1:15.5	And three, why to ask the scary questions?
1:19.1	And if you want a quick summary, write up of these actionable takeaways,
1:21.6	I recommend you sign up for the free gold nugget emails found at awesome at your job.com.
1:26.4	I'm Pete McItis.
1:27.4	This is How to Be Awesome at Your Job.
1:29.1	And now, here's Mike.
	...

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