Let's talk about questions.

讓我們來談談問題。

Why are questions important?

為什麼問題很重要？

Questions are critically important because first and foremost, thinking, what goes on here, is largely asking yourself questions and answering them.

問題至關重要，因為首先，思考，也就是在這裡進行的事情，在很大程度上就是向自己提問並回答問題。

Secondly, if you want to get anything in life, chances are it's inside someone else's head, the knowledge, the skills, the blueprint, and the pickaxe for getting that gold is in the form of questions.

其次，如果你想在生活中得到任何東西，很可能是在別人的腦袋裡，知識、技能、藍圖和獲得金子的鎬頭都是以問題的形式存在的。

So there are a few things you can do to improve questions.

是以，您可以做一些事情來改進問題。

Number one is study questions.

第一是學習問題。

Watch inside the actor's studio.

觀看演員工作室內部。

Listen to Terry Gross.

收聽特里-格羅斯的節目

Listen to podcasts, whether mine or Joe Rogan's or others, so that you can borrow questions and test them on other people.

收聽播客，無論是我的還是喬-羅根的，或是其他人的，這樣你就可以借用問題，並在其他人身上進行測試。

And there are a few things to consider when you're formulating questions.

在提出問題時，有幾件事需要考慮。

Number one is, can it be answered relatively quickly?

第一個問題是，能否相對快速地回答？

So for instance, if you found someone you idolize, you're in an elevator, oh my god, it's Jimmy Fallon.

舉個例子，如果你找到了你的偶像，你在電梯裡，天哪，是吉米-法倫。

If you ask Jimmy a question, could he come up with a really concrete answer in five seconds or less?

如果你問吉米一個問題，他能在五秒鐘或更短時間內給出一個非常具體的答案嗎？

If the answer's no, find a different question for you or for other people, because people have read hundreds or thousands of books in many cases.

如果答案是否定的，那就為自己或其他人找一個不同的問題，因為在很多情況下，人們已經閱讀了成百上千本書。

But what book or books have you gifted the most to other people?

但是，您贈送給他人最多的是哪本書或哪幾本書呢？

It's going to be a short list.

這將是一份簡短的名單。

The search query is really refined.

搜索查詢真的很精細。

It's fast.

速度很快。

Click.

點擊。

All right?

行嗎？

Much like asking yourself, what makes me happy?

就像問自己，是什麼讓我快樂？

It's not really a great question.

這其實不是一個好問題。

It's too broad.

太寬泛了。

It takes too long to search.

搜索時間太長。

But let's just say, what makes me feel most relieved after work when I get home?

但我想說的是，下班回家後，什麼能讓我感到最輕鬆？

Or what activities which people, all right, now we're more refined.

或者是人們的哪些活動，好了，現在我們更精緻了。

You can answer it much more quickly and it's more actionable.

你可以更快地回答問題，也更有可操作性。

Think also of the sequence of questions.

還要考慮問題的順序。

So if you want to ask someone, as I do very often, a question that could be kind of heavy or really involved, like what would you put on a billboard?

所以，如果你想問一個人，就像我經常問的那樣，一個可能有點沉重或真的很複雜的問題，比如你會在廣告牌上寫什麼？

If you had a gigantic billboard, metaphorically speaking, to reach millions or billions of people, what would you put on it?

如果你有一塊巨大的廣告牌，比喻說，可以覆蓋數百萬或數十億人，你會在上面寫些什麼？

All right.

好吧

That's a fair amount of pressure.

這是相當大的壓力。

And people, in my case, know they might get quoted.

而人們，就我而言，知道他們可能會被引用。

So to get them warmed up and ready for that, I don't lead with that.

是以，為了讓他們熱身併為此做好準備，我不會用這個來引導他們。

I'll ask them other questions that are much, much easier and less intimidating.

我會問他們其他問題，這些問題要簡單得多，也不那麼可怕。

So what purchase of $100 or less has most positively impacted your life in the last, say, year or recent memory?

那麼，在過去的一年或最近的記憶中，什麼 100 美元或 100 美元以下的購物對你的生活產生了最積極的影響？

Or the books question.

還是書籍問題。

And that gets them flowing.

這讓他們流連忘返。

It gets them engaged.

讓他們參與進來。

And then I can ask a question like that.

然後我就可以提出這樣的問題了。

Another trick you can use when you ask what might be a difficult question is you can give an example.

當你提出一個可能很難回答的問題時，你可以使用的另一個技巧是舉例說明。

So it could be a personal example or it could be something else.

是以，這可能是一個個人的例子，也可能是別的什麼。

So if I ask someone, what is something absurd that you love doing?

所以，如果我問某人，你喜歡做什麼荒謬的事情？

Because I want that little shred of personality.

因為我想要那一點點個性。

I don't want to just have the actionable business stuff.

我不希望只有可操作的業務內容。

I want to get to know them as a human.

我想了解他們的為人。

And I will then say, well, for instance, the number 555 is good luck to me for many reasons.

然後我會說，好吧，舉個例子，數字 555 對我來說是好運氣，原因有很多。

So when it appears on my phone, I take a screenshot and dot, dot, dot, elaborate a little bit.

是以，當它出現在我的手機上時，我就會截圖，然後點點、點點、點點，細細琢磨一番。

Or Cheryl Strayed who wrote Wild likes to disassemble sandwiches and rearrange all the ingredients so each bite is uniform.

寫《野性》的謝麗爾-斯特雷德喜歡拆開三明治，重新擺放所有配料，讓每一口都均勻一致。

That gives them 30 seconds to think about their answer.

這就給了他們 30 秒鐘的思考時間。

It gives them some examples.

它為他們提供了一些例子。

All right.

好吧

A few things you should not do.

你不應該做的幾件事

If you meet someone who is, say, just above your weight class in terms of professional development and you want to connect with them, don't ask them questions that you could answer on Google.

如果你遇到的人，比如說，在職業發展方面剛剛超過你的重量級，而你又想與他們建立聯繫，就不要問他們一些你可以在谷歌上回答的問題。

Number one.

第一

All right.

好吧

Number two, don't ask them really broad questions.

第二，不要問他們過於寬泛的問題。

They couldn't conceivably answer quickly.

可以想象，他們不可能很快回答。

What should I do?

我該怎麼辦？

What advice would you give me for succeeding?

您對我的成功有何建議？

These are not good terms.

這些都不是好條件。

If you can't define success in, say, 10 words or less, get rid of it.

如果你無法用 10 個字或更少的詞來定義成功，那就去掉它。

Lose it from the question.

從問題中失去它。

All right.

好吧

And I would encourage you to strive to be interested in the form of good questions.

我鼓勵你們努力以好問題的形式來激發興趣。

If you seek to be perceived as interesting, stop talking, start thinking about questions and then stop and listen.

如果你想讓別人覺得你很有趣，那就停止說話，開始思考問題，然後停下來傾聽。

Hey guys, if you're enjoying the tips and tactics and how to on this channel or in the podcast, the Tim Ferriss show, I made this for you.

嘿，夥計們，如果你們喜歡本頻道或播客《蒂姆-費里斯秀》中的技巧、戰術和方法，我為你們製作了這個。

Tribe of Mentors, short advice from the best in the world.

導師部落，來自世界精英的簡短建議。

This is the book that I wanted to read, so I went out and I put it together.

這就是我想讀的書，所以我就去把它整理出來。

Created a dream list of 130 of the best at what they do.

創建了一份夢想清單，其中包括 130 位最優秀的員工。

People who are icons, legends, and ask them all the same questions.

那些偶像、傳奇人物，問他們同樣的問題。

These are people, in some cases, I wanted to reach out to my whole life.

在某些情況下，這些人是我一生都想接觸的人。

Ranges from many, many billionaires, co-founders of every company imaginable, elite athletes ranging from surfing to tennis to power lifting, everything else, country stars, actors, directors, and you can spot the patterns.

其中包括很多很多億萬富翁、各種公司的聯合創始人、衝浪、網球、力量舉重等精英運動員、鄉村明星、演員、導演，你可以從中發現一些規律。

Some of my friends have said this is the easiest to read, most useful book that I've put together yet.

我的一些朋友說，這是我迄今為止整理出來的最易讀、最實用的一本書。

Check it out, tribeofmentors.com.

請訪問 tribeofmentors.com。

You can find sample chapters, the whole list of mentors, everything, tribeofmentors.com.

你可以在tribeofmentors.com上找到章節樣本、導師名單等所有內容。