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🗓️ 15 November 2021
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In a lot of my episodes, I have touted the virtue of asking questions - this is something that is embedded deeply in my philosophy. When we engage ourselves and others with curiosity we are able to solve problems more quickly and with better answers.
One idea that I see pop up frequently is that questions are more valuable than answers - to some extent I agree with that idea, but I think it's a bit too hyperbolic. It feels like it stems from the counter-intuitive branch of self-help whereby saying the opposite of what people think you can get them to engage more. It gets clicks, but it doesn't always produce the best advice. Nonetheless, to get great answers you often need great questions.
Your answer isn't going to matter if you're asking the wrong question, so it's important that we take the time to figure out if we're asking the right question. With ADHD we often want to just jump into the action and start doing - but this means that we need to be even more vigilant that we're asking these questions so that we know we're going in the right direction.
But how do we ask great questions or even good questions? What even makes one question better than the other?
In today's episode, we're going to explore that question as well as looking at the how and when of question-asking.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Hacking Your ADHD, part of the ADHD Rewired Podcast Network. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm your host, William Kerb, and I have ADHD. |
| 0:12.7 | On this podcast, I dig into the tools, tactics, and best practices to help you work with your ADHD brain. |
| 0:19.1 | In a lot of my episodes, I have touted the virtue of asking questions. |
| 0:23.8 | This is something that is embedded deeply in my philosophy. When we engage ourselves and others |
| 0:29.2 | with curiosity, we are able to solve problems more quickly and come up with better answers. |
| 0:35.2 | What idea that I see pop up frequently is that questions are more valuable than answers. |
| 0:40.5 | To some extent, I agree with this idea, but I think people take this to the extreme a little |
| 0:44.7 | bit too much. It feels like it stems from the counterintuitive branch of self-help, whereby |
| 0:49.8 | saying the opposite of what people think you get them to engage more. It gets clicks, but it doesn't always produce the best advice. |
| 0:57.8 | Nonetheless, to get great answers, you often need great questions. |
| 1:03.0 | Your answer isn't going to matter if you're asking the wrong question. |
| 1:06.7 | So it's important that we take the time to figure out if we're asking the right question. |
| 1:11.3 | With ADHD, we often just want to jump into action and start doing. |
| 1:15.6 | But this means that we need to be even more vigilant that we're asking these questions |
| 1:20.2 | so that we know we're going in the right direction. |
| 1:23.3 | But how do we ask great questions, or even good questions? |
| 1:27.6 | What would even make one question better than another? |
| 1:30.8 | In today's episode, we're going to be exploring that idea, as well as looking into the |
| 1:35.0 | how and when of question asking. |
| 1:37.3 | If you'd like to follow along on the show notes page, you can find that at hacking your ADHD.com |
| 1:43.0 | slash questions. |
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