How to Ask Better Questions in Conversations

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"How did you feel about that?" is a powerful conversation hack. It outright surprises some people because it's a question that's rarely asked.

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Love the close and open ended questions topic! As a teenager i was very shy, so a therapist explained me the difference between close and open questions. It's crazy how you can change a conversation and be replied from "It's a good movie." to "You know, a think that..." 😃. Also i was with a cousin who know about wines, So i was from "Is this wine good", to "How the wine is made?"

it is really helpful to hear to such a good idea like this, make me realize the importance of asking questions .

Thank you for sharing with us amazing knowledge. In fact, asking questions gives the person power and control, which we might all love. We love to be asked our opinion or our thoughts that make us feel valuable.

00:57 🤔 Questions engage and lead to concrete outcomes, making them powerful tools for leaders. 02:24 💡 Asking questions enhances leadership perception, effectiveness, work relationships, and employee motivation. 03:51 🔄 Open-ended questions foster deeper understanding and connections compared to close-ended ones. 05:46 💬 Open-ended questions prompt engaging conversations, fostering deeper connections and discovery. 07:11 🌟 Committing to asking open-ended questions can transform interactions, fostering understanding and enriching relations

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I teach english conversation as a second language. I use this method all the time. Thank you for the new ideas.

This is brilliant, and incredibly simple. I’m often struggling to ask good conversational questions and this will help a lot. Thank you!!

Hi from Argentina! Well when I arrive at home I always said to my daughter; How was your day? and she ask the same. During the weekend, I like to ask about dreams; so during the breakfast the question is" tell me something about your dream😅..it is very funny start the day wiht crazy stories😊

I have to say I've been struggling with open-ended questions for a long time now. I feel it's never the right time to ask these because everyone is busy and answering them takes too much time. At the office people are busy. On break, you only have 15 min, or maybe 30-40 minutes to eat and do your thing, but still, not enough to really talk so much. At work events, people want to mingle and talk to multiple people, you don't want to be the clingy person asking them all these questions. Any advice on this? Additionally, whenever I tried asking more in-depth questions and we went down that road, I feel our conversations never went over professional topics anymore, which is also not ideal. What is the right balance? How do you talk about more personal things to get to know the people you work with, but also bring it back to business when it is necessary to do so? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I'm curious if anyone else has had this conundrum and found a solution.

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I love the idea of stacking questions as a way to expand your open ended question... something like this for my kids... "When you think back to your day at school, what was the most exciting thing you learned. It's open ended, "what was the most exciting thing you learned," but it also puts them in time and space by starting with, "When you think back..." Almost always, the response is more thoughtful and allows for deeper interaction then the simple what did you learn in school today?

Great questions I ask: "What is Your GIFT/Talent?" "What is Your Purpose?" 👌😎

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Right question at the right time.

What would you do or try? If you knew you couldn’t fail? I heard it somewhere but it is always been a wonderful question. I’ve used to explore peoples goals and personality.