The Amazing App that Delivers Brilliant Ideas and Life Solutions

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What would you pay for an app that delivers brilliant ideas and life solutions? A blogshare by Warren Berger, author of A MORE BEAUTIFUL QUESTION

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Everyone knows about the mobile messaging app that

sold for $19 billion.

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But have you heard about another amazing app—

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the one that helps you figure out what to do

whenever you’re faced with a problem or a challenge?

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the one that helps you figure out what to do

whenever you’re faced with a problem or a challenge?

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the one that helps you figure out what to do

whenever you’re faced with a problem or a challenge?

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that increase your chances of success?

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And may lead to wealth and happiness?

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And may lead to wealth and happiness?

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Here’s the best news about this app:

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Here’s the best news about this app:

you don’t have to acquire it…

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because you were born with it.

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The “app” in question

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You can see this natural ability on full display in the

average 4-year-old…

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for whom questioning is as normal as breathing, and

almost as important.

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Constant inquiry helps young kids

make sense of,

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Constant inquiry helps young kids

make sense of, and successfully navigate,

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Constant inquiry helps young kids

make sense of, and successfully navigate,

the strange new world around them.

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Constant inquiry helps young kids

make sense of, and successfully navigate,

the strange new world around them.

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Studies show we tend to hit our questioning peak

around age 4 or 5,

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Studies show we tend to hit our questioning peak

around age 4 or 5, and then ask fewer

questions as we get older..

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Not that we’ve lost the ability to question—

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Not that we’ve lost the ability to question—

we just don’t exercise it as much.

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Not that we’ve lost the ability to question—

we just don’t exercise it as much.

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Teachers and bosses generally want answers,

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Teachers and bosses generally want answers,

not questions.

Teachers and bosses generally want answers,

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But it’s a mistake to let that inquiry “app” go unused.

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Questioning can do as much for adults as for kids—

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helping us to explore

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helping us to discover

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helping us to innovate.

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It’s no accident that many innovators and

entrepreneurs are great questioners.

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They use thoughtful inquiry to navigate uncertainty and

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They use thoughtful inquiry to navigate uncertainty and

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They use thoughtful inquiry to navigate uncertainty and

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They use thoughtful inquiry to navigate uncertainty…

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and find their way to breakthrough ideas and

big payoffs.

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and find their way to breakthrough ideas and

big payoffs.

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A number of the billion dollar tech start-ups,

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A number of the billion dollar tech start-ups,

from Instagram and Nest

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A number of the billion dollar tech start-ups,

from Instagram and Nest to Pandora and Airbnb

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sprang from insightful questions raised and tackled

by the founders.

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So… how do you

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So… how do you

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So… how do you get better at questioning?

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It starts with releasing your inner 4-year-old.

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It starts with releasing your inner 4-year-old.

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Why?

It starts with releasing your inner 4-year-old.

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Good questioners try to look at the world around them

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with a curious, observant eye and a “beginner’s mind,”

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with a curious, observant eye and a “beginner’s mind,”

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taking time to wonder about things others

take for granted.

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taking time to wonder about things others

take for granted. ? ? ?

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And they’re not afraid to give voice to the most fundamental “why” questions—

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even though such questions can make the questioner

seem naïve.

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When innovators like the late Steve Jobs

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When innovators like the late Steve Jobs

or Amazon’s Jeff Bezos

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When innovators like the late Steve Jobs

or Amazon’s Jeff Bezos ask those childlike “why”

questions,

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they’re digging beneath assumptions

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they’re digging beneath assumptions

and conventional wisdom

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to try to get at a deeper truth

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and a possible untapped opportunity.

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and a possible untapped opportunity.

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So, asking “why” is a great start…

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but we’ve all seen the questioning child

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who goes ’round and ’round in a circle of endless “whys.”

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who goes ’round and ’round in a circle of endless “whys.”

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progressing from “Why” to

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progressing from “Why” to

“What if” to

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progressing from “Why” to

“What if” to “How.”

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A questioner can move forward on almost any problem or challenge

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by first trying to understand it

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by first trying to understand it (Why is this a problem?)

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then imagining possible solutions

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then imagining possible solutions

(What if I came at the problem this way,

or that way?)

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and finally trying to figure out practical ways

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to turn those what-if ideas and possibilities

into realities.

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to turn those what-if ideas and possibilities

into realities. (How might I actually begin

to make this happen?)

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It’s not just about typing in a query on Google

to get easy answers.

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Thoughtful, productive questioning is a process.

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Thoughtful, productive questioning is a process.

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Thoughtful, productive questioning is a process.

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Thoughtful, productive questioning is a process.

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It takes time, considerable thought, and often hands-on

experimentation.

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It takes time, considerable thought, and often hands-on

experimentation.

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But if we’re willing to put in the effort to ask and act on

better questions…

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it can help us work through thorny problems in

business  

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it can help us work through thorny problems in

business   and every day life…  

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and can lead us to powerful insights and

fresh possibilities.

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So… what’s the market value of an app

that can do all that?

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So… what’s the market value of an app

that can do all that?

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So… what’s the market value of an app

that can do all that?

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Priceless.

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Read the handbook on mastering your

“question app”

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Read the handbook on mastering your

“question app”

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on sale everywhere

For more about the power of questioning visit AMoreBeautifulQuestion.com

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on sale everywhere

For more about the power of questioning visit AMoreBeautifulQuestion.com