Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that when you are not sure what question
Speaker 1: you should be asking, that is your question, ask the
Speaker 1: person you are talking with what question you should ask.
Speaker 1: This can be a great way to learn about something
Speaker 1: important that you didn't even know to ask about. So
Speaker 1: when there is something you need to know, you can
Speaker 1: ask about it. You can ask your doctor about the
Speaker 1: side effects of a medication he's recommending. You could ask
Speaker 1: the waiter how spicy a sauce is. You can ask
Speaker 1: your boss the deadline for a project. But sometimes you
Speaker 1: don't know what you don't know. Maybe you are buying
Speaker 1: your fe home and you are unsure what information you
Speaker 1: need to find out about the house and the neighborhood.
Speaker 1: Maybe your doctor diagnosed you with a medical condition and
Speaker 1: you have no idea what you need to learn. Even
Speaker 1: in lower stakes contexts, you may sense there's more information
Speaker 1: you need to gather, but you are not quite sure
Speaker 1: what You want to tap into the other person's knowledge,
Speaker 1: But you don't have a specific question to glean the
Speaker 1: best information, So just ask the other person, what should
Speaker 1: I be asking, then the real estate agent or doctor,
Speaker 1: or swim teacher or cooking store salesperson or whoever can
Speaker 1: fill you in an information you may find helpful or important.
Speaker 1: This question can be especially helpful in interviews. If you
Speaker 1: are interviewing job applicants, you could ask as a final question,
Speaker 1: is there anything I haven't asked that you wish I had.
Speaker 1: Likely the person you are interviewing has some great answer
Speaker 1: to a question you didn't ask that allows them to
Speaker 1: share something that is important to them. You will learn
Speaker 1: something new, which is kind of the point of this
Speaker 1: whole process, and if you are being interviewed, asking what
Speaker 1: you should be asking can help hone in on insights
Speaker 1: into the organization or the position that you might not
Speaker 1: have learned about otherwise. When you ask what you should
Speaker 1: be asking, you position the other person as a partner.
Speaker 1: You don't know exactly what the best question is to ask,
Speaker 1: but you both want to make sure that you have
Speaker 1: the best information available, so you work together to make
Speaker 1: sure you know what you need to know. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: this is Laura, Thanks for listening and here to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. Thanks for listening to before breakfast.
Speaker 1: If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback. You can reach
Speaker 1: me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast
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