As I sat in my routine hot bath listening to an episode on the Huberman Podcast about The Neuroscience of Speech, Language, and Music, I realized how good of a conversationalist and podcast host Huberman is given his intellect and knowledge but in particular his ability and skill to ask questions. I would say this goes for any successful podcast, podcast hosts in general are great conversationalists and know how to use the power of questions.
I on the other hand after doing a bit of introspection and self reflection have come to the conclusion that I don't ask enough questions and don't efficiently utilize the skill of asking questions either to enhance my learning or to engage in effective conversation that goes beyond, "Hey, how are you?", "I'm good and you?", "I'm doing well, thanks!", ".......", ".........", "Okay well nice talking to you!".
Plus maybe it's just me, but I feel as a whole we don't encourage asking questions enough and don't learn nor practice it enough. In school it was always unidirectional, in that the teacher would lecture and then ask us questions to gauge whether or not we were listening and to test our retention, and then maybe at the end the teacher would ask us if we had any questions with 5 minutes left of class.
Anyways, I feel for me personally that I can improve my life by learning how to use the power of questions. It's a skill I have not put much thought into as my focus has always been on trying to provide the answers or conjuring up the right response, but as I've experienced, if both sides of a conversation are only looking to provide answers and are not actively thinking to ask engaging and thought provoking questions then the conversation can go stale and stagnate real quick.
Do stackers feel the same way in that they could improve their overall use of questions? Do you think asking meaningful questions is indeed a skill that needs practice?
and also for entertaining purposes, who can't remember the famous "trick question" from My Cousin Vinny? lol "'Chevy didn't make a 327 in '55. The 327 didn't come out til '62. And it wasn't offered in the Bellaire with the 4-barrel carburetor til '64. However, in 1964 the correct ignition timing would be 4 degrees before top dead center."