Ask Quotes

“What information did you select from the situational pool? How did you process (interpret or make meaning of) that information? What conclusions did you reach? What action steps did your conclusion make you want to take? How might your stuff (your prior knowledge, experiences, biases, etc.) have shaped the story you constructed and spiraled you into a certainty loop?”
― Jeff Wetzler, Ask: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs In Leadership and Life

“Curiosity questions when experiencing strong emotions: What am I feeling? (In my heart? In my body?) What are these strong feelings telling me? What parts of my stuff (e.g., my life experiences, my identity, my deeper assumptions) might be making me susceptible to having such a strong reaction here? What is there to learn from my reaction? How can I explore it? What might this strong reaction stop me from seeing or hearing or thinking about?”
― Jeff Wetzler, Ask: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs In Leadership and Life