Comments on: Don’t be afraid to ask about what you don’t know

By: LeanLifeCoach

LeanLifeCoach — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:51:45 +0000

You hit on an important lesson mbhunter.

Professionally I facilitate a variety of classes for businesses. It’s amazing how often people nod their heads when you introduce a subject, but it is obvious they are lost.

I have seen people that have fumbled in their careers for years struggling to accomplish goals or coming up with creative ways to work around their obstacles.

Too often, they only need to ask a question and their life would be made much simpler and more efficient.

It’s a shame how much time, money and energy are wasted simply because people won’t speak up!

No question is a dumb question.

By: Writers Coin

Writers Coin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:32:19 +0000

Obviously, the reason we hesitate to ask these questions is to avoid sounding stupid. But recently I’ve noticed that a lot of higher ups in my company have no problem asking questions that, at first, make you wonder why they would risk asking when it makes them sound ignorant.

Then they start talking about something else and you think, “Wow, this person really knows their stuff. They are really smart, and it probably has to do with them having no problem asking these questions.”

As long as you only ask it once and get an answer—boom—you’ve come out ahead.