get better at asking the kinds of questions that do forge deeper connections with the people around us, we need to do a few things: endeavor to ask “authentic” questions rooted in curiosity; try to suspend judgment and withhold advice as we focus more on inquiry; take a small risk by being willing to ask open-ended, “deeper” questions (even of people we may not know very well); and be willing to listen carefully and follow up on what we’re hearing with questions that gently probe a little deeper.
