You can tell alot about a person by the Quality of the Questions they ask. We ask questions of people and try to figure out who they are by their answers. That’s how most people do it. Judge by the … Continue reading
The Quality of the Question
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Giving Grace
I was telling a friend today – whenever I think about grace, I always think about it in the context of receiving it. It’s always a good thing to receive grace right? I love my friends that are gracious. But … Continue reading
Everyone Eavesdrops
Tonight, I tweeted that I was wondering where the word “bobby pin” came from. I had a few responses, but a new friend Natalie tweeted back the answer. She also said that she didn’t “mean to eavesdrop” to which I … Continue reading
Your Sidekick and Identity
If you had a sidekick, what would that tell me about your identity? Would your sidekick be funny? Would you sidekick be prettier? Would you sidekick actually stand by your side? Would your sidekick make you better or cover up … Continue reading
Blogging = Safe for Questions
Inherent with blogging is asking questions. Typically, the questions are unanswerable. It’s a place to process and think through things. We write about whatever is bothering us. We write through what we’re processing through. A blog is a great place … Continue reading
How I Read a Facebook Profile
Have you ever thought about how you read a Facebook profile. I’ve never thought about it, but I am going to try and describe what I do when I read one. I think the first thing that I look for … Continue reading
The Nature of Questions
Disclaimer: I try to keep my posts to about 100 words. It doesn’t always happen. If I can articulate one idea in a post, I’m good, but this post like many others will probably lead to more questions and reactions. … Continue reading
Do You Need Help Figuring Out Your Identity?
I’d love to help you if I can. How can I claim to be an Identity Specialist if I cannot at help you figure out your identity? I can at least help with basic questions. I can at least give … Continue reading
Nuance and Old Age
nu·ance (n
äns
, ny-, n-äns, ny-)
n.
1. A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation.
2. Expression or appreciation of subtle shades of meaning, feeling, or tone
I spent some time with a friend of mine today. I was gonna say that he was an old guy – which he wouldn’t like – so he’ll just be a friend that I really look up to (I’ll tag his name).
With age comes experience and expertise. It’s great to be able to lean on someone that has more “age” than you do. Ask them questions. No matter what you’re processing through, they will be able to give you nuance – on whatever questions or issues you might have.
It goes together – nuance and old age.
Is Perfect Important?
I straight stole this from Seth’s Blog – check the original post here.
He asks tons of question – 16 to be exact and number 13 was the one that caught my attention:
Is perfect important? (Do you feel the need to fail privately, not in public?)
He was connecting perfect with failure, and more importantly, he didn’t give an option for not failing – just asked though if you need to fail privately or publicly.
Failure is not a bad thing. It’s a great question. The insight into public or private failure is key. I think sometimes in leadership – you can’t choose – so fail well.
What? How?
There are other one word questions I can ask about the oil spill going on right now? I can ask all of these questions and direct them to BP, the government, and many other entities that won’t give me an answer.
It’s been going on for weeks. It’s a sad story. But of all the one word questions that I can direct to multiple entities, I have to stop and ask myself these 2 questions.
What? What is my perspective on this? What is my role in this? What should I take a stand for with this? How? How can I help? How can I teach through this? How can I connect to this as a human being?
What are you doing? How are you making this yours?
Life and Questions
So how do you handle life and questions? You like that I started with a question?
I was thinking about this today. I was wondering why is it that when we have questions – that we need answers. Is it a western mindset? Is it just an American thing? Is it a modern thing? It can’t be a post-modern thing and if it was, then no one would care.
I was wondering if the eastern mind can live in the questions. I know in the rabbinic tradition that learning was marked by questions – that the rabbi would know whether you were progressing in thought by the questions that you asked. Those students lived in the questions. They kept asking questions. They kept thinking of questions. Learning would not progress with the questions.
I wonder how education and formation would be if I lived in the questions.
