Penelope of Brazen Careerist did a great post about asking the right questions, the post really got me thinking, actually, it was gold…for me all because of one question it got me asking myself.
One important question, which also led to another for me.
It all come from a part this one paragraph and I quote…
(snipped)…”really about how a good blog is based on a good question. (My question is: how can we make the the intersection of work and life better?)”
The (my question is) part is Penelope in a way asking what is her blog answering for others, as linked above…and the blog does answer that question.
Interesting…so it got me really thinking about it, asking… “what is the one question this blog should answer?
I really racked my brain on that, yet it should be simpler then that, in the end…
Couldn’t honestly think of it, have you any ideas?
But then something else made me think, what if we were to ask a question for everything we do, each choice we make…ask the most important question for whatever that situation or choice is.
Penelope talks of the importance to ask good questions, after all it’s how you get good answers.
I felt it also could go a little deeper than that in a simplistic way, the intent, if you like.
For example, you want to lose weight…when asking yourself why?
The answer is usually something like “I want to be thinner”… is that the real answer?
Is that your reflection of what the real question is, the real why?
“Because I want to be healthy fitter, and feel better inside and out, I want to feel happier” is nearer the real answer, is it not?
So the why is more likely…”because I feel bad, unfit, overweight, ugly, unhappy and ready to change”
That is a worthy value of why, because it is the intent, it gives you the real motivation to give it the best answer, by making that change happen.
Why?… is such a simple question and only one bloody word, yet so much power in a sense, power to change things, if asked well.
So, while I could say, “well, I didn’t get the answer to the question of..”what is the question this blog is answering, ie WHY am I doing it?”… I could now say..”what is the question this post itself answering, WHY am I writing it?
My answer, because it will change this blog, thank you Penelope for a such a questionable post, it was VERY timely and important for me, it will change things because I am asking myself the most important question I can ask regarding this blog, by posting it now I am committed to answering that all important question,
What question does this blog really answer?
If I can’t answer it, there is something that needs addressing badly, needing changing.
Why? So damn simple yet so…
Grab the button.
