Summary

“What would you do if you knew you could not fail?”

Frank Sesno’s book, Ask More: The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions and Spark Change shows how we can be more effective at work, at home and in life by putting great questions to work for us. What questions should we be asking?

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Ask More offers eleven categories of questions, each with its own approach, outcome and listening skills. We can use questions to learn, to connect with others, to trigger innovation and imagination, to convey authorship and to discover a shared mission.

Frank Sesno is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and former anchor, White House Correspondent, Washington Bureau Chief, and talk show host for CNN. He currently serves as director of George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs, and is the creator of Planet Forward, an innovative forum seeking solutions to daunting challenges such as global hunger. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Key Take Outs

• Remove the period from the sentence and ad a questions mark. It will spark further discovery.
• Find time for silence to ask questions.
• Find time for conversation.
• Make an appointment for questioning. It helps remove surprise.
• Try a conversation where you don’t use “I” am “me.”
• Use Echo questions. Listen to key words, facts or emotions and repeat it. This will assist to expand the insight and discussion.
• Empathetic questioning requires you to put yourself in the shoes of the respondent.

Do you have any routines and rituals that you believe contribute to your success?

Curious about people and always fascinated to know more. Open minded and just want to view things from many various angles. It helps deepen understanding about humanity.

What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?

To ask more. Not just the first question the first time. Ask in layers. Be deliberate and purposeful. Also, I think its important to challenge yourself.

What advice would you give someone that needing/wanting to make change?

What makes me feel proud. What would make my friends and family proud? What would make a difference? What would you like to read about yourself if someone wrote a biography about you?

Quick round questions

Favourite Food

Chinese food

Favourite Leisure Activity

Horse-back ridding.

Favourite Book

Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife by Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Favourite Quote

“What would you do if you knew you could not fail?”

What is the meaning of life?

Make a difference in someone else’s life. Doing something that has value in my own life. Giving back. Creating.

Do we all have a why?

I don’t know. Not necessarily.

What does living with passion and purpose mean?

Passion is what we love and care about. Purpose is setting ourselves a goal and achieving it.

How to find

Website: www.askmorebook.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franksesno/

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