8 great ways to ask BAD questions!

For a change, here are 8 easy ways to ask Bad Questions (sarcasm red alert!)

1️⃣ Only ask CLOSED questions, so people can answer with one syllable.

Because who doesn’t enjoy being cornered into a limited response, am I right?

2️⃣ Develop your questions AS YOU SPEAK.

Your colleagues are totally here for your train of thought in real time!

3️⃣ Always ask MORE THAN ONE question in a row.

Rapid-fire questions are always appreciated; it’s like a game show, but for work!

4️⃣ The LONGER and more ARTICULATE your question, the better!

Show your brilliance in the third and fourth sub-clauses. Brevity is overrated anyway.

5️⃣ TURN the advice you want to give into a rhetorical question.

People LOVE receiving unsolicited advice, they just don’t say it!

6️⃣ A Must-Have: Spin your own JUDGMENT into the question.Pro-Tip: Combines very well with point 5 above.

7️⃣ INTERRUPT like our life depends on it!Insert your own clearly, better opinion and view.Pro-Tip: Interrupt especially while they think! Because good communication is all about seizing the floor, even if it means cutting others off.

7️⃣ ….(What should be No.8 to complete this list? Comment to let me know! 😀

Hope you had some fun with this!

Maik

p.s. I have also turned this into a 3:28min video with some real-life examples. Enjoy!