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We all use questions each and every day, but have you ever stopped to think about what happens when you ask a question? Your mind is literally programmed to find answers to any questions you ask, and done correctly, you can do amazing things with them. Here are 8 tips for asking better questions.
1. Be brave
We're wired for survival.
That means staying safe,
sticking to what we know.
But growth doesn't live in safety.
It lives in the questions we're afraid to ask—
the ones that challenge our assumptions,
expose our doubts, and force us to look inward.
It takes courage to ask those questions.
Even silently, even just to ourselves.
But that's where change begins.
2. Keep asking
If you really want an answer,
don't let the question go.
Sit with it. Circle it.
Let it take root.
The more you live with a question,
the more your mind starts working—
quietly, persistently,
even when you’re not aware of it.
Ideas will come from unexpected places.
A sudden thought in the shower.
A jolt at 3 a.m.
A sentence in a book you weren't really reading.
Obsession isn't the enemy.
It’s the engine.
Let the question haunt you—
until it leads you somewhere new.
3. Believe
If you don't believe there's an answer,
you won't look for one.
If you don't believe you're capable of finding it,
your mind won't even try.
Doubt doesn't just whisper.
It builds walls.
It blocks the doors to insight,
shuts down creativity,
pulls the plug on resourcefulness.
Most people never find their answers —
not because they're impossible,
but because they never believed enough to look.
4. New voices
If you want new ideas,
you need new input.
New experiences.
New beliefs.
New ways of seeing.
Where do those come from?
Other people.
Seek out unfamiliar voices.
Challenge your perspective.
Borrow their lenses.
So go looking.
Share ideas.
Build something new.
5. Write it down
Write your answers down—
even the wild ones.
Especially the wild ones.
Big breakthroughs rarely arrive fully formed.
They show up as sparks.
Fragments.
Half-formed thoughts that lead to something else.
One idea lights the next.
And the next.
Until something catches fire.
So keep writing.
Keep asking.
And follow the thread—
all the way to the answer that was waiting for you.
6. Timing is everything
Some people ask questions before they sleep—
and wake with answers they didn’t know they had.
Others find clarity in the shower,
as water washes away distraction.
Your mind is always working.
The key is knowing when to listen.
Try asking at different moments.
Before bed.
While walking.
In the quiet between tasks.
Experiment.
Be curious.
Find the rhythm that works for you.
Your questions are seeds.
Give them the right conditions,
and they’ll grow.
7. Get creative
Ask from the edges.
Ask from the wild.
Take one idea and smash it into another.
Cross the wires.
Mix the metaphors.
Get weird.
We get stuck in patterns—
loops of familiar thought.
But strange questions shake us loose.
What would a poet say about your problem?
A pirate?
A five-year-old?
Ask sideways.
Ask upside down.
Let creativity crack the frame wide open.
Sometimes the craziest question
leads to the clearest answer.
8. Have fun
Have fun with your questions.
Your mind is wired to avoid pain—
but it runs toward pleasure.
So make it a game.
Make it an adventure.
Make it feel good to explore.
The more fun you have,
the harder your mind will work to help you.
Follow your curiosity.
Celebrate every win—
big or small.
Joy isn’t a distraction.
It’s momentum.