<commit_before>---
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title: A More Beautiful Question - Key Insights
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  Better critical thinking and problem solving by asking questions, and fighting information overload.

  My reading notes from the book "A More Beautiful Question" by <NAME>
tags:
- critical thinking
- questions
- book reviews

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> These are notes on the key lessons I discovered while reading <NAME>'s [A More Beautiful Question](https://www.amazon.com/More-Beautiful-Question-Inquiry-Breakthrough/dp/1632861054/). Most material is directly from the book with a few of my own ideas interspersed

# Why do we need to ask questions?

The economic model of the world is shifting. The nature of knowledge, work, and employment is changing.

* What business are we in now?
* Will my jobs still be needed in a few years?
* Is "knowing" obsolete in the age of Google?
* How do you move from asking to action?

**The Power of Inquiry:** Asking questions is now more important than knowing

Everything starts with "why?"

## A Questions Life cycle

1. **Stage 1: Why** is something the way it is? Learn about the problem<commit_msg>Update from Forestry.io <NAME> updated _posts/2019-08-09-a-more-beautiful-question-summary.md<commit_after>---
layout: post
title: A More Beautiful Question - Key Insights
excerpt: |-
  Better critical thinking and problem solving by asking questions, and fighting information overload.

  My reading notes from the book "A More Beautiful Question" by <NAME>
tags:
- critical thinking
- questions
- book reviews

---
> These are notes on the key lessons I discovered while reading Warren Berger's [A More Beautiful Question](https://www.amazon.com/More-Beautiful-Question-Inquiry-Breakthrough/dp/1632861054/). Most material is directly from the book with a few of my own ideas interspersed

![](/media/2019-08-10-book question details-2.jpg)

# Why do we need to ask questions?

The economic model of the world is shifting. The nature of knowledge, work, and employment is changing.

* What business are we in now?
* Will my jobs still be needed in a few years?
* Is "knowing" obsolete in the age of Google?
* How do you move from asking to action?

**The Power of Inquiry:** Asking questions is now more important than knowing

Everything starts with "why?"

## A Questions Life cycle

1. **Stage 1: Why** is something the way it is? Learn about the problem
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