CHAPTER FIVE
QUESTIONS LEADING TO SUCCESS
Judge others by their questions rather than by their answers.
—Voltaire
The hands-off manager doesn’t spend a lot of time giving advice.
Instead, he perfects his ability to ask questions. Questions that allow success and fulfillment to happen. Questions such as, “What things come naturally to you? How comfortable are you doing this work? How easy is the workflow for you right now?”
We have been trained by the media, by our families, by our traditions, and by our culture to focus on the negative and try to fix it. We obsess over sins and shortcomings, trials and tribulations. We try to go outside ourselves to change the negative things. Then we try in vain to create an external situation that’s positive. ...
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