What hidden skill links successful people in all walks of life--across cultures, industries, generations . . . all of time? The answer is surprisingly simple: they know how to ask the right questions at the right time. Questions help us break down barriers, discover secrets, solve puzzles, and imagine new ways of doing things. The right question can provide for us not only the answer we need right then but also the ones we’ll need tomorrow. Emmy award–winning journalist and media expert Frank Sesno wants to teach you how to question others in a methodical, intentional way so that you can find the same success that others have found by mastering this simple skill. From the author’s illuminating interviews that he has included in the book, you will learn:• How the Gates Foundation used strategic questions to plan its battle against malaria• How turnaround expert Steve Miller uses diagnostic questions to get to the heart of a company's problems• How creative questions animated a couple of techie dreamers to brainstorm Uber • How journalist Anderson Cooper uses confrontational questions to hold people accountableThroughout Ask More, you’ll explore all different types of inquiries--from questions that cement relationships, to those that will help you plan for the future. By the end, you’ll know what to ask and when, what you should listen for, and what you can expect as the outcome.
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The right questions can convey interest, feed curiosity, and reveal answers that can change the course of your life. Just ask more!
Advance Praise for Ask More “Ask More is an essential guide to asking questions in a way that can better achieve your goals. Through engaging stories and remarkable people, this illuminating book will show you how you can use questions not only to learn, but to challenge, inspire, innovate and excel.” — Anderson Cooper, CNN Anchor “Frank Sesno asks all the right questions and shows their power. The message: Don’t avoid the question marks; just learn how to use them. I use questions as a weapon. But Frank is wiser; he uses questions to improve our lives.”— Jorge Ramos, television journalist and anchor, Univision “Frank Sesno is a master interviewer. In Ask More he reveals his secrets to an engaged life. Read this book: It will help you liven every conversation, navigate through complexity, slice through evasion, turn strangers into friends, and chart your course through major life decisions. This book is not only about asking questions. It is also about living a rich life.” — Barbara Bradley Hagerty, bestselling author of Life Reimagined “Ask More illustrates how we are well served by the questions we ask, from our daily lives to giant discovery. The book pushes us to ask more of ourselves at a time of increasing complexity and polarization. Frank Sesno compellingly explains that if we asked more and asserted less, we might find common ground and solve some of our greatest challenges. Everyone who cares about our future should read this engaging and inspiring book. Not just about questions, it’s a guide to a way of think-ing that can help us act strategically, compassionately and creatively.” — James Douglas, former Vermont Governor “Do we want to be right? Or do we want to understand? (Spoiler alert from this remarkable read: The latter increases the odds of the former.) I wish I’d had this book before I started a company, made an investment, traveled the world, raised kids. In the complex journeys that are today, we gravitate to quick and simple answers. But never has it been more important to take the time to ask the right questions. Ask More is our journey’s road map.”— Christopher M. Schroeder, venture investor and author of Startup Rising
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780814436714
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Vendor
Amacom
Vekt
512 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
159 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
272

Forfatter

Biographical note

FRANK SESNO is a former CNN anchor, White House correspondent, and Washington bureau chief, and is now director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University. He has interviewed dozens of world leaders, including five U.S. presidents, and is the creator of Planet Forward, an innovative forum seeking solutions to some of the world's toughest challenges.