Ask Better Questions to Build Better Connections | Amber L. Wright | TEDxCSULB

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22 Sept 202014:27

Summary

TLDREl orador comparte su experiencia como madre y profesora, destacando la importancia de hacer preguntas constructivas para establecer conexiones genuinas. Al cambiar de preguntar '¿Cómo estuvo tu día?' a '¿Cuál fue la mejor parte de tu día?', logra obtener respuestas más profundas y personales de su hija. Expone cómo las preguntas bien formuladas pueden romper prejuicios y enriquecer las relaciones, citando su interacción con un estudiante y cómo su autenticidad y honestidad en las respuestas también son cruciales para la comunicación efectiva.

Takeaways

  • 👨‍👧 La importancia de conectar con los hijos a través de preguntas que promueven una conversación más profunda y significativa.
  • 🗣️ La transformación de una rutina diaria en una oportunidad de conexión al cambiar la pregunta de '¿Cómo estuvo tu día?' a '¿Cuál fue la mejor parte de tu día?'
  • 🏋️‍♀️ La conexión emocional y la confianza que se pueden construir al compartir experiencias personales y comunes.
  • 🎓 La influencia de la percepción y las expectativas en las relaciones, especialmente en entornos educativos y profesionales.
  • 👩‍🏫 La experiencia de enseñanza y cómo las preguntas acertadas pueden desafiar prejuicios y fomentar la autenticidad.
  • 🤔 La idea de que las preguntas no solo recopilan información, sino que también revelan pensamientos, sentimientos y deseos de las personas.
  • 💬 La afirmación de que la calidad de la vida está directamente influenciada por la habilidad de comunicarse con confianza y claridad.
  • 🤝 La relevancia de la comunicación activa y la escucha atenta en el fortalecimiento de las relaciones personales y profesionales.
  • ❤️ La conexión real y la importancia de sentirse visto y valorado en las relaciones, ya sea con familiares, amigos o compañeros de trabajo.
  • 🤓 La aplicación práctica de preguntas constructivas en contextos de trabajo, donde estas pueden ayudar a definir metas y objetivos comunes.

Q & A

  • ¿Qué problema enfrentaban los padres al preguntar a su hija sobre su día escolar?

    -Los padres enfrentaban el problema de que su hija simplemente respondía 'bien' a la pregunta '¿Cómo fue tu día?', lo que no proporcionaba detalles ni permitía una conexión más profunda.

  • ¿Cómo cambió la forma en que la madre preguntaba a su hija y cuál fue el resultado?

    -La madre cambió de preguntar '¿Cómo fue tu día?' a '¿Cuál fue la mejor parte de tu día?'. Esto llevó a su hija a compartir detalles específicos de su día, como jugar al handball con amigos.

  • ¿Qué importancia tiene para la madre que las preguntas sean genuinamente curiosas y no intrusivas?

    -Para la madre, es crucial que las preguntas muestren genuina curiosidad y no sean intrusivas para poder establecer conexiones reales y significativas con las personas.

  • ¿Cómo define la palestra una 'pregunta mejor' y cómo afecta la calidad de vida de una persona?

    -Una 'pregunta mejor' es aquella que demuestra genuina curiosidad y no es intrusiva. Según la palestra, la capacidad de hacer preguntas buenas influye directamente en la calidad de vida, ya que mejora las relaciones y la comunicación.

  • ¿Qué ejemplo da la palestra de cómo las preguntas pueden ayudar a superar prejuicios y conectar con estudiantes?

    -La palestra menciona a Khalid, un estudiante que inicialmente no estaba seguro sobre su tema de discurso. Al notar su sueter de la marca Top Dog Entertainment, la profesora sugiere un tema de discurso relacionado con la música rap, lo que rompe prejuicios y conecta con él a través de su pasión por el hip-hop.

  • ¿Cómo se relaciona la capacidad de hacer preguntas buenas con el éxito en las relaciones románticas según la palestra?

    -Según un estudio de 2013 mencionado en la palestra, las parejas consideran la comunicación como el factor más importante para el éxito en una relación, por encima del sexo y la pasión. Hacer preguntas buenas es una forma de comunicarse con intención y profundidad.

  • ¿Qué consejo da la palestra para mejorar las interacciones en eventos de redacción profesional?

    -En lugar de preguntar '¿Qué hace?', la palestra sugiere hacer preguntas que inspire inspiración y conexión, como '¿Qué te inspira en tu trabajo?'.

  • ¿Por qué es importante para la palestra responder honestamente a las preguntas de los demás?

    -Para la palestra, responder honestamente a las preguntas es crucial para permitir que las personas puedan mostrarse como son realmente y para construir conexiones auténticas.

  • ¿Cómo describe la palestra el impacto de admitir abiertamente su estado emocional cuando alguien le pregunta '¿Cómo estás?'?

    -La palestra describe que admitir abiertamente su estado emocional, como decir 'No estoy bien' cuando es así, puede ser liberador y ayudar a establecer conexiones más profundas con los demás.

  • ¿Qué sugiere la palestra como una forma de responder honestamente pero sin revelar demasiado sobre uno mismo cuando se le pregunta '¿Cómo estás?'?

    -La palestra sugiere enfocarse en el presente y responder de manera honesta sobre cómo se siente en ese momento, usando 'hoy' para indicar que su respuesta es para el día actual y no necesariamente un estado permanente.

Outlines

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😀 Conexión a través de preguntas más profundas

El primer párrafo relata la experiencia de la madre del orador, quien busca conectarse con su hija recién ingresada al colegio. Inicialmente, las conversaciones diarias sobre el día resultaban superficiales, hasta que la madre cambia su enfoque y pregunta por la mejor parte del día de su hija. Esto lleva a una conversación más rica y significativa, permitiendo a la hija compartir sus experiencias más emocionantes, como jugar handball con amigos. El orador, como experta en comunicación y coach de vida, enfatiza la importancia de las preguntas genuinamente curiosas y cómo estas pueden enriquecer las relaciones y la calidad de vida.

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🎓 La importancia de preguntar y responder con autenticidad

En el segundo párrafo, el orador comparte una experiencia como profesora universitaria con un estudiante llamado Khalid. Al principio, Khalid está indeciso sobre su tema de discurso persuasivo, pero la profesora utiliza una pregunta más profunda para descubrir su interés por la música rap y la etiqueta discográfica TDE. Esto lleva a una conexión más significativa y una discusión enfocada en el hip-hop. El orador subraya cómo las preguntas con intención y respuestas auténticas pueden transformar las interacciones y fomentar la conexión en contextos educativos y personales.

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🤔 La autenticidad en las interacciones diarias

El tercer párrafo explora cómo responder a preguntas cotidianas con autenticidad puede ser revelador y terapéutico. El orador comparte una experiencia personal en la que, al responder honestamente a la pregunta '¿Estás bien?', logra una liberación emocional y reconocimiento de sus propias necesidades. Esta experiencia la lleva a adoptar un enfoque de honestidad en sus interacciones diarias, lo que a su vez enriquece sus relaciones. El orador concluye apelando a la audiencia para que piensen críticamente en sus interacciones y se esfuercen por ser más curiosos y auténticos en sus preguntas y respuestas.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡conexión

La conexión se refiere a la relación o vínculo emocional y de entendimiento entre personas. En el vídeo, la oradora enfatiza la importancia de establecer una conexión real con los demás a través de conversaciones significativas. Un ejemplo es cuando ella cambia de preguntar '¿Cómo estuvo tu día?' a '¿Cuál fue la mejor parte de tu día?', lo que abre la puerta a conversaciones más profundas y personales con su hija.

💡pregunta

La pregunta es un acto de indagar o buscar información, y en el contexto del vídeo, es un medio para profundizar en la conexión con los demás. La oradora sugiere que hacer 'preguntas mejores', es decir, preguntas que demuestren genuina curiosidad y no invadan la privacidad, puede conducir a conversaciones más ricas y reveladoras, como cuando ella pregunta a su hija sobre la mejor parte de su día en lugar de una pregunta general sobre cómo estuvo el día.

💡comunicación

La comunicación es el proceso de intercambio de ideas, opiniones y emociones. En el vídeo, se presenta como una habilidad fundamental para mejorar la calidad de vida y las relaciones personales. La oradora, como experta en comunicación, subraya que para ser un buen comunicador, es necesario ser un oyente activo y hacer preguntas que promuevan la conexión y la comprensión mutua.

💡escuchar activo

Escuchar activo es una forma de escuchar que implica atención plena, feedback y la capacidad de interpretar y responder a lo que se está comunicando. En el vídeo, se menciona como una parte esencial de ser un buen comunicador y se relaciona con la habilidad de hacer preguntas y profundizar en las respuestas para comprender mejor a la otra persona, como cuando la oradora escucha y sigue preguntando a su hija sobre su día.

💡confianza

La confianza se refiere a la seguridad y el respeto mutuo en una relación. En el vídeo, la oradora menciona que hacer preguntas que demuestran curiosidad genuina puede ayudar a romper las percepciones y prejuicios, y fomentar una conexión más confiable entre las personas. Un ejemplo es cuando ella conecta con su estudiante Khalid al mostrar conocimiento sobre el género musical que él aprecia.

💡curiosidad

La curiosidad es el deseo de aprender o conocer algo que no se conoce o no se comprende completamente. En el vídeo, la oradora habla sobre la importancia de ser curioso de manera genuina y no invasiva al hacer preguntas. Esta curiosidad conduce a preguntas que pueden revelar más sobre las personas y fortalecer las relaciones, como cuando ella pregunta a su hija sobre la mejor parte de su día.

💡percepciones

Las percepciones son las maneras en que las personas interpretan y entienden el mundo y a los demás. En el vídeo, la oradora discute cómo las preguntas pueden ayudar a desafiar y cambiar las percepciones, permitiendo ver a las personas de manera más auténtica y completa. Esto se ilustra cuando ella conecta con Khalid al mostrar un conocimiento inesperado sobre la música rap y la etiqueta discográfica TDE.

💡relaciones

Las relaciones se refieren a los vínculos interpersonales entre individuos. El vídeo enfatiza que las relaciones que aportan valor y satisfacción a nuestras vidas se desarrollan a través de la comunicación y la conexión. La oradora argumenta que hacer preguntas y escuchar activamente son formas de cultivar relaciones más profundas y significativas.

💡auténtico

El auténtico se refiere a algo o alguien que es genuino y sincero, sin falsedad o pretensión. En el vídeo, la oradora aboga por responder de manera auténtica y honesta a las preguntas de los demás, lo que permite a las personas mostrarse como su yo más genuino. Ella comparte una experiencia personal en la que admite abiertamente su cansancio y estrés a un colega, lo que la llevó a tomarse un descanso necesario.

💡transacción

En el contexto del vídeo, la transacción se refiere al intercambio mutuo de comunicaciones y respuestas que tienen lugar en las relaciones humanas. La oradora compara las relaciones con una moneda de cambio, argumentando que la comunicación es una transacción que puede hacernos 'ricos' en términos de relaciones, si prestamos atención y curiosidad en cómo interactuamos con los demás.

Highlights

父母与孩子沟通的重要性,通过改变提问方式增进了解。

通过询问孩子一天中最好的部分,而非笼统的“今天怎么样”,打开更深入的对话。

孩子分享了与朋友玩手球的快乐经历,展示了具体问题如何促进亲子交流。

父母通过分享自己的童年经历与孩子建立联系,增强亲子关系。

强调了有效沟通的重要性,以及它如何直接影响生活质量。

提出了“好问题”的定义:展现真正的好奇心,同时不显得过于侵扰。

通过提问帮助我们了解他人的想法、感受和需求。

讲述了与前学生Khalid的互动,如何通过提问打破刻板印象并建立联系。

展示了如何通过提问激发学生的思考和兴趣。

强调了提问在建立人际关系中的价值,以及它如何帮助我们更好地理解他人。

讨论了在浪漫关系中,沟通是关系成功的关键因素。

提供了在社交场合中如何通过提问建立更深层次联系的例子。

说明了在工作中如何通过提问帮助客户明确目标并共同实现它们。

强调了提问和回答的双向性,以及它们对提问者和回答者双方的益处。

通过个人经历说明了诚实回答问题的重要性,以及它如何帮助我们展现真实的自我。

鼓励人们在日常生活中更加深思熟虑地提问和诚实地回答,以丰富人际关系。

Transcripts

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as many parents of school-aged children

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can probably relate to

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i was once lost in the land of good with

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my nine-year-old daughter

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when she started elementary school i was

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so excited for her

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for us and she was embarking on this new

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journey

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and every day with that excitement in my

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eyes i pick her up and i say so

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how was your day today and without fail

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she shrug her shoulders and say

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good and then i'd say

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okay what was good about it i don't know

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it was just good

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naturally i wanted to know more i was so

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curious about what was happening in her

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little life

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how was she liking her teacher and was

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she getting along with her friends

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and what was her favorite subject and

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looking back on it now i don't know how

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i thought i was going to get all of that

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by simply asking how was your day

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but ultimately i was in search of an

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opportunity to

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connect with her an invitation of sorts

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to join her

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on this journey of big girl school as we

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called it

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that she was embarking on

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but i wanted to do that in a way that

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didn't feel like a daily interrogation

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so i sat with it for a while and then

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one day it all just kind of changed

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we are driving home and i say

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tell me what was the best part of your

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day today

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she said oh my best part i said yeah

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your best part like what made you smile

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the hardest

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today she stops and she thinks about it

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and she says oh i know

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the best part of my day was getting to

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play handball after school with my

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friends

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really i said i didn't know you knew how

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to play handball she said oh yeah it's a

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fun game you throw this ball and you do

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like this

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now she's giving me instructions from

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the backseat on how to play handball not

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knowing that her own mama

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played handball tetherball and dodgeball

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when i was a kid

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and i share that with her and she's so

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surprised she can't believe it

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and we have a short but riveting

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conversation on after school activities

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and that kind of became a new thing

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between us and it's something that we

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still do to this day and i ask her

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what was the best part of your day today

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and it has ranged from eating cinnamon

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rolls in the cafeteria

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to practicing violin to going to the

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computer lab which she loves to do more

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than anything

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and just like that that invitation i had

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been longing for into her life

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i finally received all by asking a

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better question

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and it's that interaction that i

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consider to be the path to

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connection real connection with real

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human beings

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through real conversation as a

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communication expert and certified life

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coach my life's work is built around

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this idea

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that the quality of your life is

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directly influenced by your ability to

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communicate with confidence

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and with clarity part of being a good

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communicator

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requires that you are an active listener

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part of active listening requires that

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you ask questions

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but i want us to go deeper i want us to

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ask

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good questions the juicy kind that

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can help us go deeper faster with the

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people in our lives

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in the 15th edition of their textbook

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looking out looking in authors adler and

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proctor state that

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questioning helps us to do more than

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just gather information

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like data and facts and details it can

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also

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help us learn what people are thinking

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how they're feeling

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and in some cases what they want and

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that

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i consider to be the secret sauce to

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developing relationships that add value

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to our lives and fulfill us

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to be clear i define a better question

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simply as one that demonstrates

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genuine curiosity but without being too

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intrusive and when we can strike that

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balance

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that's when we can shatter the

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perceptions that we have of other people

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and that in some cases people might have

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a bias

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take my former student khalid for

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example

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i was an adjunct professor in

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communication studies for about eight

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years

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and over the course of that time i

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realized that a good number of my

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students had never had a black teacher

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before

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in their lives ever let alone a black

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female professor

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in college so it wasn't lost on me that

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by me showing up in all of my glory

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on the first day of class would impact

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how some of them perceived me

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and in some cases how they experienced

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me

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as was the case with khalid a young

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black male

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this night in class we are brainstorming

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persuasive speech topic ideas

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and it's his turn to share with me what

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he's going to give his speech on

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so he comes to my desk and he pops down

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in the chair and i said so tell me what

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are you thinking about

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your topic for your persuasive speech

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and he says

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i think i'm gonna do my own recycling

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and i said oh

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okay um tell me more about that why

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recycling

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and he says because everybody should

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recycle

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and i said uh yeah you are right about

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that

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but tell me more is this something that

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you're really interested in

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is are you really passionate about

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recycling

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and he says uh i mean not really i guess

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so clearly he wasn't sure what he wanted

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to give

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his speech on so we take a moment and i

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noticed that he's wearing a maroon

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colored hoodie

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with the letters tde printed on it in

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white

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and i recognize that to be the logo of

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top dog entertainment

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the record label that puller surprise

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winning rapper kendrick lamar assigned

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to and this sparks an idea in me

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and so i asked him

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do you think that you could write a

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speech that argues that

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tde is the most important label to west

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coast rap since death row

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and he looks at me and says i'm sorry

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what

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i began to repeat the question and he

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said nah i heard you

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but how you know that how do you know

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what tde

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is and i said well first of all it's on

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youtube

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and second i listen to hip-hop i love

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rap love kendrick you know

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don't kill my vibe he couldn't believe

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it

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his whole accountants changes and he

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smiles wide

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and he says see miss amber that's why i

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like you because you like you oh and you

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young at the same time

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i never had a professor like you before

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and i just smile and say thanks i think

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but in that moment a perception was

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shattered and a connection was made

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we weren't just teacher and student we

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were two hip-hop fans and we talked

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about everything from

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snoop to tupac to kendrick and i'll

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never forget the look on khalid's face

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as he was walking back to his desk

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brimming with new ideas on how he could

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possibly construct that argument

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because it was the face of someone who

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had just felt seen

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and that's the benefit that comes from

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asking better questions i could have

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left it at recycling

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but by taking it a step further we were

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able to engage in a more thoughtful way

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some of you might hear this and say okay

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girl this just sounds like small talk

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which i already don't like doing now you

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want me to do more of it

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by asking people questions i don't think

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so and

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that's not exactly what i'm saying

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asking better questions isn't about

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meaningless chatter it's actually quite

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the opposite

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it's about communicating with intention

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with the people

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around us we see this play out in our

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romantic relationships for example

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a 2013 study found that couples rate

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communication

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as the most important deciding factor to

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relationship success

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more than sex and passion

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and to me when we can get good

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at learning how to engage in a

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thoughtful way around us

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that's when we can really see a change

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happen

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in our relationships

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so think about that for a second and

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let's merge these two ideas

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how would you feel if your partner

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the one you have the one you want or the

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one you

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had on a regular basis looked you in the

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eye

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and said how can i show you that you're

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a priority

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in my life or

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how does this relationship contribute to

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your happiness

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wouldn't you feel seen by that person

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and appreciated and loved

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don't you feel that way now just by

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hearing me say that out loud and we're

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not even in a relationship together

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that's the gift that we all have the

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power to give the people

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in our lives when we train ourselves to

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be thoughtfully

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curious to further demonstrate what i

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mean let's play a quick round of ask

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this

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not that say you're at a networking

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event

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and you meet somebody new instead of

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asking so what do you do

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you can ask what about your work

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inspires you

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or say you're on the phone with a friend

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who's going through a hard time

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instead of how you hanging in there you

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can ask

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how can i support you in this moment i

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see this in my line of work as a

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consultant and trainer at the start of

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every engagement i ask the client

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what does success look like for you when

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all of this is said and done

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it gives them a chance to think about

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their goals and articulate them to me

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and then we can have a conversation

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about how we can work together to meet

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those goals and i feel like it's a much

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more effective question than

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how can i help now this

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whole thing of asking better questions

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can take a little bit of time and

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practice but

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you can get it i believe in you

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it's important for me to note feral that

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asking questions is only half the

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process

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the other half of it is being mindful in

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how we respond to people

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a 2010 study published in the journal of

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social psychology found

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that questioning has benefits to both

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the questioner

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and the person responding and i think

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that one of those benefits is providing

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someone with the opportunity to show up

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as their more authentic selves because i

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think that ultimately that's what we're

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all searching for is an opportunity to

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just

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be ourselves or a space to be ourselves

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so it's important to note that we also

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have to make sure that we

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answer authentically and honestly

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how this played out in my own life is i

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used to be the kind of person that was

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really good at convincing people that i

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was doing much better than i was

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i think we all are good at that when

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someone says how are you doing you say

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good i'm how are you

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and then we will keep walking but

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there was a time in my life when i

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wasn't doing that good i was working two

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jobs one that had a two-hour commute

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each day

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raising a small yes thank you

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raising a small family and trying to get

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a small

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business off the ground i was so tired

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and overwhelmed i didn't know how to say

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that

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and one day at the full-time job i had

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a co-worker and i were just having a

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conversation and she could tell that

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something

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wasn't quite right with me and so she

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asks me she looks me in my eye which is

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always important and she says amber

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are you okay

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finally someone noticed i thought

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that was so much of a better question

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than how are you doing because i could

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have said i'm great

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she knew better than that and because

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she

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noticed i decided to answer honestly and

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i said no

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i'm not okay and with that admission

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i began to cry and i cried so long and

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so hard i left work early that day

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and i didn't come back for two weeks the

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question unraveled me

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and i realized how much of a disservice

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i had done to myself

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and to my loved ones by not just telling

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the truth and say yo i'm tired and i

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need a break

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so i made a commitment to myself to

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always answer that question honestly now

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when people ask me how i'm doing

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typically it's the first interaction the

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first time i hear that question

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of the day i'll stop and i'll think

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about it

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and i'll say i'm doing great today thank

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you for asking

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but if i'm not doing well i'll just say

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you know

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i'm not doing my best today but i'm

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trying my best

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my friend noticed that i do that and she

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said would it i noticed

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you always say today now when i ask you

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how you're doing what do what does that

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mean is something going on i said no

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no nothing's going on i answer this way

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because

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today is all i have today i could be

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doing great feeling productive

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getting my steps in drinking my water

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but tomorrow i could be in my car crying

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in the target parking lot like i was

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last week

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this gives me a chance to honor this

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space and the truth of where i

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am and speak that truth but without

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telling everybody all my business

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she said i like that amber i think i'm

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going to try that i said you know i hope

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you i hope you do

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and that moment with her gives me a

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chance to see how

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impactful this process can be so

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again it's a transaction i believe that

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relationships are life's

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greatest currency and communication is a

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transaction

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whereby we build our interpersonal

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wealth so if you want to be wealthy in

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your relationship

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i encourage you to think honestly and

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critically

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about how you engage with the world

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around you and train yourself to be more

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thoughtfully curious

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and make the effort to ask better

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questions and answer those questions

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honestly

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because you never know you might learn a

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thing or two about handball

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hip-hop or how a friend is really doing

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thank you

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