{"id":2671,"date":"2018-05-31T01:20:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T06:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/?p=2671"},"modified":"2018-05-19T08:35:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-19T13:35:48","slug":"the-one-or-two-question-to-always-ask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/2018\/05\/the-one-or-two-question-to-always-ask\/","title":{"rendered":"The One or Two Question to Always Ask"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n

I can’t seem to think of the right questions at the right time. There are a couple of questions that I can always ask to compensate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I sit with someone trying to learn something from them. I ask; they answer, and we repeat. Our time together ends.<\/p>\n

Fifteen minutes later, after we have parted company, it hits me\u2014the three questions I should have asked while we were conversing. Too late.<\/p>\n

There is some old saying about growing too soon old and too late smart (someone even wrote a book with that title<\/a>, imagine that). The brilliant ideas come too late. Why is that so? Why can’t I…?<\/p>\n

There are a few things I can do to compensate for my all-too-late realizations. I can always ask one or two questions. These include:<\/p>\n

(1) May I come back later with questions that come to mind as I consider this conversation?<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

(2) What questions do you expect me to ask now?<\/p>\n

and then to toss in a few mind-bending ones…<\/p>\n