I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it?
Effective management always means asking the right question.
How do we attack important problems? Pose the right question.
They're all focusing on how John Roberts is going to decide Roe v. Wade. That isn't even the right question. I don't even know of a case in the (court) system that addresses it.
If you don't ask the right question, every answer seems wrong -
Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than an exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise.
Often the most important moment in the design process is figuring out what the right question is.
Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.
If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.
The right question to ask from a Darwinian prospective is what was it about bipedalism that was so advantageous? Why did it lead to a - why did that adaptation ultimately lead to a species Homo sapiens that has come to dominate the planet today with six and a half billion people?
The most common source of mistakes in management decisions is the emphasis on finding the right answer rather than the right question.
An approximate answer to the right question is worth far more than a precise answer to the wrong one.
Focusing on the right question is very different from having the right answers.
I have been asked this question over and over again: 'Dr. Jeremiah, do you think God is finished with America?' But that is the wrong question. The right question is: 'Is America finished with God?'
The dog is a reflection of your energy, of your behavior. You have to ask, 'What am I doing?' That's the right question to ask.
I'd asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally one lady friend asked the right question, 'Well, what do you love most?' That's how I started painting money.
Questions are like gifts - it's the thought behind them that the receiver really feels. We have to know the receiver to give the right gift and to ask the right question. Generic gifts and questions are all right, but personal gifts and questions feel better.
Questions matter. In business, remarkable performers are brilliant at getting to the right question: the one that speeds them to the place they need to get to and offers them the missing piece they need to find.
