You will only attain success when you start asking the right questions
Just as Timothy Ferris has handpicked some of the fascinating health tools that top performers utilize, he also discloses the winning formula of some of the most successful people he had met. While perusing through this long list of goal-getters, one cannot help but notice that they have a knack for asking vital questions.
When the world shut the door in these people’s faces by proclaiming them unworthy of success, they did not give up.
Instead, they kept knocking on the door by asking all of the right questions. We see this notion play out in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s narration of how he defied the norm to become a movie star. Even when producers and directors downplayed his chances, he did not give in and do what others were doing. Rather, he kept believing, and eventually, his apparent weakness distinguished him in an industry that thrived on trends — recycling.
“Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.”
Euripides
Tony Robbins, world-renowned performance coach, reiterated this thought when he asserted that attaining a quality life depends on your propensity for asking quality questions. If people are telling you that your talent or product will not sell, you should focus on searching for new ways to beat the system. This approach will yield more results than focusing on the negatives.
To put this basic advice to practice, Reid Hoffman, co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn, has taught his mind to search for answers to problems while he is asleep. All he has to do is delegate problems to his mind, go to bed, and tackle the problem first thing in the morning, when there are no distractions.
⚡️In most cases, companies become successful because they were able to figure out the simple things and deliver what others might have tagged irrelevant.
In the same way, you, too, can work your mind to find patterns in chaos and opportunities in failures. The author went on to share some basic insight into how great businesses thrived, even when they faced stiff competition. You can thrive in a competitive terrain by pondering on the little things that can give you an edge. This might require a simple alteration to your brand or customer relationship culture.