WoW 110: On curiosity improving your questions. Questions, Part 4

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words of wisdom, one 10 On curiosity, improving your questions.

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Questions part four.

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Curiosity is simple but incredible.

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Curiosity means you're open-minded.

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Curiosity means you're

open to having empathy.

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Curiosity means you can improve your

connection with whoever you're talking to.

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curiosity means you can grow and

experience powerful transformation.

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Without curiosity you are close-minded,

think you know best, and are shut

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down to someone else having a

different experience than your own.

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When you're curious, you

open the door to possibility.

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Every conversation is an

opportunity to be curious.

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Familiarity with a person or an idea

can tempt you to stop being curious,

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so continue to work on feeding

your curiosity, seeking to learn

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and practicing asking questions.

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If you want more intimacy,

trust, insights, creativity,

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and joy, grow your curiosity.

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Make curiosity your superpower.

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One of the most powerful ways

to grow in curiosity is by

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asking intentional questions.

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Listen with intense curiosity

and ask intentional questions.

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It's one of the most

profound ways you can love.

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Quotes.

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"My greatest skill was being Teachable."

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By Roland Lazenby, quoting Michael Jordan

in his book, Michael Jordan, A Life.

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"You must be intensely curious about why

things are the way they are to imagine

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the better ways they could become."

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By Scott Berlin, the dance

of the Possible Questions.

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How curious am I in this conversation?

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What follow-up questions can I ask?

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How else might I approach this situation?

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What are the possibilities here?

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What's important about that to you?

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Can you tell me more about that?

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What is the story that led to that?

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Is there something that you'd

like me to do differently?

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What is not being said?

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What is here that you want to explore?

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What other options are there?

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What do you make of it?

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Use these questions to journal

or as a prayer prompt this week.

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Endnote.

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Growing your curiosity in one

area can help you in another.

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Practice being curious today in

asking others intentional questions.

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Live wisely, Josh.