Posts Tagged ‘question’

Don’t Bring Me Answers, Bring Me More Questions!

Don’t depend on answers in uncertain times
We live in a world that seems endlessly hungry for answers: preferably quick, unambiguous, definitive, once-and-for-all, simple answers. We want to be told what to do, how to solve our problems, how to live our lives to best effect. At work, bosses grind out the old chestnut, “Don’t bring me problems, bring me solutions.” Politicians running for office are expected to come up… » Continue

Lifehack Live for April 28, 2008: Lifehack.org Reader’s Questions

This week, I’m taking questions and giving answers. Instead of an interview, I answer questions from you, the Lifehack.org readers, about productivity, teaching, project planning, and life in general.

Here are the sites for teachers I mention in the show:

I also referred listeners to my recent post, 10 Ways to Pimp Your Blog, for tips on promoting a… » Continue

We Ask, You Answer: What Do You Want to Know?

I’ll be returning to the “We Ask, You Answer” series sometime in the near future; my schedule just got too complex to keep up with them, and rather than do a shoddy job for the sake of just doing it, I decided to suspend the series until I could give it more of my attention.

However, I need your assistance! This Thursday (April 24, 2008), I’m recording a special… » Continue

We Ask, You Answer: Your Quirky System

Every Monday, we pose a question for the lifehack.org community to answer.  The following week, I post my answer along with a selection (depending on how many there are) of your responses. The idea is to give you a chance to share your knowledge with the rest of the lifehack.org community — and to give you the opportunity to see what your fellow lifehack.org readers are doing!

This… » Continue

We Ask, You Answer: Your Questions

Every Monday, we pose a question for the lifehack.org community to answer. The following week, I post my answer along with a selection (depending on how many there are) of your responses. The idea is to give you a chance to share your knowledge with the rest of the lifehack.org community — and to give you the opportunity to see what your fellow lifehack.org readers are doing!

This… » Continue

We Ask, You Answer: Web-App Predictions for 2008

Every Monday, we pose a question for the lifehack.org community to answer. The following week, I post my answer along with a selection (depending on how many there are) of your responses. The idea is to give you a chance to share your knowledge with the rest of the lifehack.org community — and to give you the opportunity to see what your fellow lifehack.org readers are doing!

This… » Continue

We Ask, You Answer: Advice for Your Younger Self

 

Every Monday, we pose a question for the lifehack.org community to answer.  The following week, I post my answer along with a selection (depending on how many there are) of your responses. The idea is to give you a chance to share your knowledge with the rest of the lifehack.org community — and to give you the opportunity to see what your fellow lifehack.org readers are… » Continue

We Ask, You Answer: Your Apps, Online

Every Monday, we pose a question for the lifehack.org community to answer.  The following week, I post my answer along with a selection (depending on how many there are) of your responses. The idea is to give you a chance to share your knowledge with the rest of the lifehack.org community — and to give you the opportunity to see what your fellow lifehack.org readers are doing!

This… » Continue

We Ask, You Answer: Your Stumbling Blocks

Every Monday, we pose a question for the lifehack.org community to answer.  The following week, I post my answer along with a selection (depending on how many there are) of your responses. The idea is to give you a chance to share your knowledge with the rest of the lifehack.org community — and to give you the opportunity to see what your fellow lifehack.org readers are doing!

This… » Continue

We Ask, You Answer: Inspiration

Every Monday, we pose a question for the lifehack.org community to answer.  The following week, I post my answer along with a selection (depending on how many there are) of your responses. The idea is to give you a chance to share your knowledge with the rest of the lifehack.org community — and to give you the opportunity to see what your fellow lifehack.org readers are doing!

This… » Continue

20 Questions to Help You Reflect the Past Year

Now we are approaching the end of the year, and it’s the perfect time to reflect how we have done in the past year. We can then take some lessons for the new year. One good way to reflect, I believe, is using four facets of prosperity:

  1. Material prosperity
  2. Spiritual prosperity
  3. Physical prosperity
  4. Social prosperity

These four facets give us a complete and balanced view of prosperity. By reflecting on them, you… » Continue

10 Questions to Ask Yourself to Regain Your Work-Life Balance

Last night my 11-year-old came into my office (9 p.m. to be exact, foreshadow, foreshadow), and said, “Mom, can you please get off the computer and be with me?” I should know better, right? After all, achieving work-life balance is one of the staples of the coaching diet. I turned off the computer and we sat on the couch reading White Fang aloud. I’m not sure which was worse… » Continue

We Ask, You Answer: GTD 2.0

Every Monday, we pose a question for the lifehack.org community to answer.  The following Monday, I post my answer along with a selection (depending on how many there are) of your responses. The idea is to give you a chance to share your knowledge with the rest of the lifehack.org community — and to give you the opportunity to see what your fellow lifehack.org readers are doing!

This… » Continue

Using Questions To Control Communication

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Through reading numerous books on communication and field testing hundreds of techniques, a few fundamental patterns have become very apparent to me. If you’ve ever been on a date, an interview, or a networking event, you may have noticed some of these social patterns as well.

Before getting involved in an interaction with someone, ask yourself a couple of questions:

  1. How can you make a person feel important

We Ask, You Answer: Advice for Recent Grads

Every Monday, we pose a question for the lifehack.org community to answer.  The following Monday, I post my answer along with a selection (depending on how many there are) of your responses. The idea is to give you a chance to share your knowledge with the rest of the lifehack.org community — and to give you the opportunity to see what your fellow lifehack.org readers are doing!

This… » Continue

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