25 Perfect Questions

The best questions reveal the biggest ahas, the profound truths of life. That's why I was thrilled to encounter this Quora discussion on "What's the single most illuminating question I can ask someone."



From hundreds of great questions posted there (plus a few of my own), here are my 25 Perfect Questions.



ABOUT YOU

• What makes you… you?



• Who are you becoming?



• What would you do if you knew you could not fail?



• How are you, really?



• What is your ideal day like?



• What keeps you up at night?



• What is the proudest moment in your life so far?



• What's the last totally crazy thing you did?



• What does being successful mean to you?



• What's the most unexpected thing you've learned along the way?



• If you could call yourself five years ago and had 30 seconds, what would you say?



• What is the biggest challenge in your life?



• What makes you laugh?



• What is the last thing you did for the first time?



• Why are you here, really?



BIGGER THAN YOU

• Who was the last person that changed your way of thinking? (…Believing? …Feeling?)



• Who have you been completely vulnerable with? (…How? …Why?)



• What is the most valuable valueless thing you own?




• 
What is the best piece of advice you have been given?



• When you die, what do you want to be remembered for?



• What is your biggest regret?



BIGGER THAN ALL OF US

• What is justice?



• What is love?



• What cause (or belief, or value) would you be willing to die for?



• What really matters?