Ask Better Questions

di Elias Grant (Autore)

Asher Rohi Publishing, 2026

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. You’re sitting across from someone you love. They’re telling you about their day, their week, something they’ve been carrying. And somewhere in the middle of their second sentence, your mind has already begun composing your response. You’re not listening. You’re waiting. And later that evening, you have the faint, uncomfortable sense that you were in the room but not quite present. What you didn’t reach for was a question. Asking better questions is the smallest, highest-leverage skill in human communication — and most of us have been trained out of it. The cost shows up everywhere: feedback conversations that produce defensiveness, friendships that quietly thin out, meetings that end without anyone saying the thing that needed saying, and an inner monologue full of questions designed to punish rather than help. This is a short, practical guide for adults who want to do better. Drawing on research from Harvard Business School, the University of Chicago, and the science of conversation, Elias Grant explains exactly why most of our questions fail — and walks through the small set of structural moves that change what conversations are capable of producing. Inside, you’ll learn: · The four qualities every great question shares · Why follow-up questions outperform every other kind · The three trust-building moves that work in any relationship · What to ask at work when nobody else will — and the question that surfaces hidden risk before a decision is finalised · How to replace the destructive questions you ask yourself · The three rituals that turn understanding into a lasting habit Short enough to listen to in an afternoon. Practical enough to use in your next conversation. The benefits compound — and compounding is invisible until it isn’t. Part of the Content 7 series — seven short guides on the micro-skills most worth mastering as an adult.

• Autore: Elias Grant
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 01:33:30
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Asher Rohi Publishing
• Lingua: Inglese
• EAN: 9780466803889