{"id":113889,"date":"2023-09-24T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T18:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=113889"},"modified":"2023-09-27T13:09:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:09:42","slug":"ask-how-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/ask-how-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask &#8220;How&#8221; Questions to Turn an Ideas Into Realities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you have a lot of great ideas but struggle to execute them? What type of questions should you be asking in order to turn ideation into execution?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>A More Beautiful Question<\/em>, Warren Berger urges us to ask important questions again as we did as kids.&nbsp;He discusses three \u201cbeautiful questions\u201d\u2014\u201cWhy?\u201d, \u201cWhat if?\u201d, and \u201cHow?\u201d. The &#8220;How&#8221; questions in particular have the power to help us capitalize on the creativity that the other questions produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more to learn why you should ask &#8220;How&#8221; questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ask-how-questions\">Ask &#8220;How&#8221; Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To turn a creative idea into reality, you need to answer the third and final fundamental question: \u201cHow?\u201d<em> <\/em>Berger says this is the most difficult step. To ask &#8220;How&#8221; questions and fully answer them<em> <\/em>often requires patience and commitment to your idea because the answers tend to be much more complicated than they seem at first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the rideshare app <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/articles\/personal-finance\/111015\/story-uber.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uber came from a \u201cwhat if?\u201d question<\/a>. Cofounders Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick got stranded in a snowstorm in Paris, and they wondered: \u201cWhat if you could use your phone to secure a ride?\u201d But, that concept on its own was worthless\u2014founding the rideshare company that made them billionaires first required them to answer <em>how <\/em>they were going to do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, that answer (a relatively simple smartphone app) led to numerous other questions, as Berger says is likely to happen: For instance, <em>how <\/em>would they compensate the drivers? <em>How <\/em>could they make riding with strangers as safe as possible? <em>How <\/em>would they outcompete local taxi services? Fully answering these \u201c<em>how?<\/em>\u201d<em> <\/em>questions led Camp and Kalanick to found one of the world\u2019s most successful startup companies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>A Follow-Up Question: <em>How <\/em>Can You Best Leave Your Options Open?<\/strong><br><br>When Berger discusses answering a <em>\u201chow?\u201d <\/em>question, he\u2019s arguably talking about making a plan: coming up with a series of actions and predicting their outcomes, with the ultimate goal of turning your <em>\u201cwhat if?\u201d <\/em>scenario into reality. That may be why answering <em>\u201chow?\u201d <\/em>is so much more difficult than it appears\u2014instead of just answering one question, you\u2019re undertaking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/getting-things-done\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a multi-step process<\/a> that involves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-choose-a-goal\/\">choosing a goal<\/a>, determining how to reach that goal, and then doing it.<br><br>However, thinking too hard about your <em>\u201chow?\u201d <\/em>can be counterproductive. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/antifragile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Antifragile<\/em><\/a>, risk analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/nassim-nicholas-taleb\/\">Nassim Nicholas Taleb<\/a> warns against relying too heavily on predictions and plans. He says the world is so complex that predicting events <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/antifragile\/chapters-8-11#fragility-and-forecasting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is nearly impossible<\/a>: For instance, consider how unreliable long-term weather reports tend to be. Further, an incorrect prediction can cause your entire plan to fall apart. Therefore, another important question to ask is, \u201c<em>How <\/em>can I protect this plan from unexpected events?\u201d<br><br>According to Taleb, the answer is to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/antifragile\/chapters-12-13#options-maximize-upsides-and-minimize-downsides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rely on options instead of predictions<\/a>. Options protect you from the world\u2019s uncertainty because, no matter what situation you\u2019re in, you can choose the best option available at that moment. On the other hand, if you\u2019ve created a strict step-by-step plan based on predictions, you become lost as soon as one of those steps doesn\u2019t work the way you expected it to. For example, if you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/invest-in-employees\/\">hire more employees<\/a> based on a prediction of how quickly your company will grow but actual growth doesn\u2019t match your projections, you stand to lose a lot of money.<br><br>So, if you\u2019re trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-get-a-small-business-started\/\">start a business<\/a> (such as Uber), Taleb would say you shouldn\u2019t rent office space until you can\u2019t proceed without it\u2014it might turn out you don\u2019t need a physical office at all. Similarly, don\u2019t hire any employees until it becomes clear that the business has become too big to handle on your own. The money that goes to pay an employee\u2019s salary might have been better spent on, say, speaking with a business consultant or covering unexpected overhead costs.\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have a lot of great ideas but struggle to execute them? What type of questions should you be asking in order to turn ideation into execution? In A More Beautiful Question, Warren Berger urges us to ask important questions again as we did as kids.&nbsp;He discusses three \u201cbeautiful questions\u201d\u2014\u201cWhy?\u201d, \u201cWhat if?\u201d, and \u201cHow?\u201d. The &#8220;How&#8221; questions in particular have the power to help us capitalize on the creativity that the other questions produce. 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