Questions!!

Ultimate tool to explore your Passion

Arun Goenka
October 23, 2011
Agenda
Why Questions ??
Powerful Questions
Characteristics
Results
Levels
Rephrasing
Action Plan
Why Questions ???
Catalyst for Innovation,
Invention and anything
New.
Ultimate tool to
explore your passion
and goals.
Right and Powerful questions are:
Powerful Questions - Characteristics
Stimulates creativity
Challenges assumptions
Is thought provoking
Generates energy and a
new dimension to explore
Lead us into the future
Powerful Questions - Results
Who (When) Question Result
Isaac Newton
(1666)
What brought an apple from a
tree to the ground?
Discovery of Law of
Gravity
Ray Kroc (1954) Where can I get a good
hamburger on the road?
Birth of McDonalds
Thomas Edison
(1870s)
How to make light bulb which
would burn for a long time
without burning out?
Current form of long
lasting Light Bulb
Steve Jobs
(2005)
How to build most beautiful user
friendly phone?
Worlds most successful
mobile phone Apple
iPhone
Powerful Questions - Levels
Powerful Questions: Rephrasing
Normal Question Empowering Question
How did I get into this situation? What can I learn from this?
Why did this happen to me? How have I benefited from this
experience?
Who is responsible?
Who else has benefited from this?
Where did I go wrong? What conditions allowed this
situation?
Why didnt I know better? How can I recognize this situation in
the future?
Action Plan
Welcome Questions!!
Learn to guide questions to
Powerful Questions.
Practice, Practice, Practice.
Explore your passions with
powerful questions.
THANK YOU
5 Powerful Questions to explore
your Passion!
What brings smile to your face?
What do you like to talk about?
What would do for free?
What makes you unafraid of failure?
What would you regret not having tried?
Source: Article by Frederic P.