Why? What? When? Where? How?

THE PRINCIPLE

The answer is in the questions

If you’ve ever spent time around a small child, you’ll know they love to ask questions. Especially ‘why?’ (or, more accurately, ‘why!!!???’).

It can be maddening but it also reflects the curiosity and hunger for learning that tends to dim as we grow up. The way to wake it up again is to ask lots of questions.

As adults, usually we interpret ‘why?’ as a challenge. If you change your state of mind to consider it simply as a prompt to learn more, it becomes a great way to open your mind to new ideas.

But don’t limit yourself to ‘why?’ – also try lots of ‘why not?’, ‘what?’, ‘when?’, ‘where?’ and ‘how?’ questions.

It’s not a search for factual answers, it’s a way to be open to more possibilities.

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For instance, let’s say you walk to your favourite coffee shop for a cappuccino. Along the way, here are some questions that might pop into your mind:

  • Why do I always walk to the coffee shop this way?
  • What’s another route I could take that might show me some new sights?
  • Why is that woman smiling like that? What might be going on in her life?
  • Why don’t I buy a bouquet from that flower shop and give it to my significant other? Or to myself? Or to the next person I see?
  • Where else can I get a coffee today for a change?
  • How many people between here and the coffee shop will be on their mobile phones? What are most of them talking about?

When are you going to start asking more questions? Where will you be when you start? What interesting new thoughts will you have? (I’ll stop now. Your turn.)

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