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The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Hal Gregersen on Asking Better Questions

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Buddhism, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality

4.5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Hal Gregersen is the Executive Director of the Leadership Center at MIT. He is a prolific author and motivational speaker recognized by Thinkers 500 as one of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Minds. In this episode, Eric and Hal discuss his book, Questions are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life.  Need help with completing your goals in 2019? The One You Feed Transformation Program can help you accomplish your goals this year. But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! In This Interview, Hal Gregersen and I Discuss… His book, Questions are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life That whether we know it or not, we’re all living questions Keystone questions Shadow questions How he discovered his questions The heart attack that changed his life His shadow questions Asking better questions Competing Commitments Underlying assumptions Alexander Papaderos How if you want better answers, you’ve got to ask better questions That if you feel stuck you’re probably asking the wrong question Brainstorming questions without answering them Why we don’t ask good questions Catalytic questions that challenge false assumptions How wanting to be right and smart stops us from getting to better questions What if you woke up and asked, what am I dead wrong about today? That if you’re not making big enough mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough The danger of moving into smaller and smaller tribes that are founded on being right Actively seeking passive data – observing and listening The power of the pause Listening to understand vs listening to defend How can I find and reflect the light in you? Hal Gregersen Links: halgregersen.com Twitter Daily Harvest – they deliver absolutely delicious organic, carefully sourced, chef-created fruit and veggie smoothies, soups, overnight oats, bowls and more to get 3 cups free in your first box. Visit www.dailyharvest.com and enter promo code: FEED TalkSpace – the online therapy company that lets you message a licensed therapist from anywhere at any time. Therapy on demand. Non-judgemental, practical help when you need it at a fraction of the cost of traditional therapy. Visit www.talkspace.com and enter Promo Code: WOLF to get 65% off your first month. The Upper Room – a global ministry where you can join a worldwide community of Christian believers in daily prayer and devotional practice. Go to www.upperroom.org/welcome to get a free 30-day trial If you enjoyed this conversation with Hal Gregersen, you might also enjoy these other episodes! John Zertasky Skip Prichard See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We put ourselves in situations, we push ourselves to the edge, and we do that in order to uncover better questions and insights.

0:17.5

Welcome to the One You Feed.

0:19.5

Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have,

0:24.0

quotes like, garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.

0:29.5

And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.

0:33.5

We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.

0:38.5

We see what we don't have instead of what we do.

0:41.5

We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.

0:44.5

But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter.

0:48.5

It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.

0:52.5

This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction,

0:57.5

how they feed their good wealth.

1:13.5

Thanks for joining us.

1:14.5

Our guest on this episode is Hal Gregerson, executive director of the Leadership Center at MIT.

1:22.5

Hal is a prolific author and motivational speaker, recognized by thinkers 500 as one of the world's 50 most innovative minds.

1:31.5

He has authored or co-authored 10 books.

1:34.5

On this episode, Hal and Eric discuss his book, Questions are the answer, a breakthrough approach to your most vexing problems at work and in life.

1:46.5

Hi Hal, welcome to the show.

1:48.5

Hi Eric.

1:49.5

It is a pleasure to have you on.

1:51.5

The latest book is called, Questions are the answer, a breakthrough approach to your most vexing problems at work and in life.

1:58.5

And we are going to dive into that here in a moment.

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