This Non-Financial Skill Saved My Career — and We All Have the Ability to Harness It

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The skill I’m talking about is asking questions. Too often, it seems like a risk to ask questions:

“What if they think it’s a dumb question?””What if it was covered before, and I somehow missed it?”Or the more general: “Smart people have answers; kids learning in school have questions.”

I’m convinced that questions get into a deeper part of your brain than statements do. Statements elicit a reaction of: “Is this true or not; do I believe this or not?” in your brain.

Questions open up a whole horizon of possible thoughts. For example, let’s say I ask you: “What’s an example of

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