#224: Success depends on ‘why?’

Summer is over, at least as far as work goes. Time to be serious again about work.

Here’s a question that might help you get serious about the rest of the year. Imagine that today is the thirty first of December and that you are looking back. How will you know that it was a successful year for you?

Most people tend to list all the things that should have happened and all the things that they should have done to make it a success. These are ‘what’ questions. What happened? What should have happened? What did I achieve?

When it comes to success, the right questions to ask starts with ‘why’? Why should that have happened? Why should I have achieved that?

Do yourself and your colleagues a favor. Ask ‘why?’ questions. Do this often and you will succeed in irritating them.

But the chances are that you will also be more successful. And that’s worth a little irritation.



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