Q of a Q: What's the best question you've ever been asked?

[Think_n_See]

What are some of the best questions you've ever been asked?

General Q's that I've been asked that I like:
* Why?
* Want to play a game?

Specific Q's that I've been asked that I like:
* What are you most proud of?
* What makes you the most angry?
* What's the most beautiful thing in the world?
* How do you define intuition?

[da5zeay]

General Q's I like are kind of perpendicular to yours:

* Why NOT?
* Want to MAKE a game?

Specific Qs I don't remember...I don't think I really have any
favorites. I like ALL questions, even the simple ones, because I know I
can relate them to other things too. So maybe it's more the process of
asking questions and more questions that I love in general.

That said, I think all of the ones that get posed in here are
definitely among the best. They're very fun and thought provoking, and
it's helped me clarify a lot of things over the past year.

[smilingbear]

What do you think?

[Wall_Of_Optimism]

Ah, this is a good one.

During January 2005, I was giving a talk on being an entrepreneur to an
audience of MIT sophomores. My talk was entitled "Anything is
Possible", often reflecting that when I was a sophomore, I would not
have thought it likely that I'd accomplish some of the things I've done
since then.

I was cautioning this audience of would-be entrepreneurs that one of
the biggest challenges wasn't how hard you worked, but instead, what is
level of risk are you comfortable with.

And then a young woman in the audience asked: "But when is the risk too
high? Will you be able to tell or know?"

Days earlier my [now ex-]wife decided she wanted to get a divorce. It
was a devastating moment coming at the tail-end of over a year of
marriage counseling.

In my mind, I mulled the sophomore's genuine question over and over:
"When is the risk too high?" "When is the risk too high?" "When is the
risk too high?"

The history of my last 8 years of enterpreneurial career exploits
flashed across my mental screen, often pausing at moments of conflict
it caused with my ex-.

Due to the time dilation between what was going on in my head and the 5
seconds that actually elapsed, I felt like I had aged 5 years...

I repeated her question out loud: "When is the risk too high?"

My reply was: "Good question. Very good question. Well, I guess it's
different for everyone, but I imagine it's when you feel like you're
giving up too much".

And the odd thing was that it was suddenly clear why things weren't
going to work out in my marriage.

[Think_n_See]

Hi folks,
I am loving this thread and your comments here!
da5, I completely agree with you - the observations and questions folks
are posting on this site are totally thought-provoking and interesting
and intense. and fun! great things like that happiness is having a
tail!
smiling, exactly, right?! That's sort of where all discussions between
two people start!
wall, what a clear, immediate, intensely elucidating story. thank you.

[da5zeay]

Wall, thanks for sharing that story. It really hits me in the gut.

[Think_n_See]

Yea, Wall's story is pretty incredible: "when is the risk too high?"

Here's another q: "What question do you most want to be asked?"