Twenty Questions.
Asking questions is an excellent trigger for creativity. One of my favourite exercises: Setting myself a quota of 20, 50, 100 questions and not stopping before I’ve written that many down. The topic doesn’t matter, neither does whether I have the answer or not. Shall we?
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- Where is the root of the situation?
- What is my contribution?
- What do I need?
- How can I do this differently?
- What does this remind me of?
- What outcome do I wish for?
- How long will this take?
- What will make it worth my while?
- Who else is involved?
- Where is passion?
- Where is compassion?
- Who can help with this?
- How can I get more information?
- What is the next action?
- What is holding me back?
- What steps do I see on the way?
- What is the worst thing that can happen?
- How does it align with my values, with my deepest beliefs?
- Who needs to know about this?
- What learning can I pass on to others?
Wow — this looks like a pretty good list of questions to apply to difficult situations, problem solving and/or project planning. I already have 1, 2 ideas for situations I would like to apply this to.
Do you want to play? What questions do you carry right now?
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1. where is Ulan Batar, anyway?
2. is there intelligent life on Earth?
3. Isabel necessary on a bicycle?
4. how much wood would a woodchuck chuck?
5. why did I drink so much last night?
6. what’s for supper?
7. when will we reach peak oil?
8. can I afford another cat?
9. how can I start a conversation with her?
10. is it raining?
11. what can be done about Somali pirates?
12. how do you spell desiccate?
13. will the real Michael Jackson please stand up?
14. when will you pay me what you owe me?
15. what is a good name for a baby mamba?
16. how can anyone bear to live in a slum?
17. what would it be like if the sun were a pulsar?
18. how do I know anything for a fact?
19. is 42 ever really the answer?
20. what kind of fool am I?
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