Most of us lose our natural curiosity as we grow older. At age four, we ask over 200 questions a day. By adulthood, that number drops dramatically. But the world's most successful innovators, leaders, and creators share one common trait: they never stopped questioning. They learned to ask better, more deliberate questions. This isn't just about staying curious — it's about asking the right questions at the right time to unlock breakthrough insights and transform your understanding.
Have you ever watched someone solve a seemingly impossible problem with ease and wondered, how did they see that when I couldn't? Or perhaps you've admired how certain people consistently make better decisions across diverse situations. Chances are, they're wielding what might be the most underrated intellectual superpower available to us: mental models.
Have you ever found yourself facing a problem or challenge and feeling stuck on how to solve it? As it turns out, one of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal is the ability to ask the right questions.
Have you ever noticed how we can think calmly and logically when a friend comes to us with a problem? But when it comes to thinking through our own issues, it's always much more complicated, and the solution is anything but obvious.
If you are starting to get a few years under your belt, you will know exactly what we are talking about. Each decade seems to go by a little quicker than the last. At first it sneaks up on you a little bit.
With around 7 billion people in the world, each as unique as their fingerprint, in many ways we are also very similar. Nobody makes it through life without a few scars.
I remember a time as a young man working under the bonnet of my pride and joy, a Ford Anglia which I picked up for a whopping $360. It was one of those cars where for every hour I spent driving it, I spent 2 hours fixing it, but I loved it just the same.
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