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Here's How to Ask a Better Question
Ever wonder why some business leaders seem stuck while others scale effortlessly? The secret might be in the questions they ask.
The journey from startup to scalable business follows a predictable evolution of questions. When we begin, we're trapped in the "How can I?" mindset - trying to accomplish everything through personal effort. As we mature, our questions evolve: "How can we do this?" acknowledges the power of teamwork. Then comes "Who can help me?" followed by "Who's the best person for this task?" - representing the critical shift toward delegation. True scaling begins with "Who can I hire?" and culminates in the ultimate question: "What company can I buy to accomplish this goal?"
This question evolution reveals your position on the business growth spectrum. Are you stuck doing everything yourself when you should be delegating?
The upcoming Asheville Business Summit in September offers a perfect opportunity to connect with other business leaders, gain new perspectives, and potentially find mentors who can help elevate your question quality. Whether you're struggling with specific challenges or seeking new growth opportunities, sometimes the most valuable thing isn't an answer - it's a better question. Reach out for a coffee chat if you'd like to discuss how to evolve your business questions and scale your company more effectively.
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Hey there, I hope you're having a fantastic week. Just want to remind you, asheville Business Summit is coming up September. We're looking forward to having you there. There's a lot of ways you can get involved. It is going to be an event that you don't want to miss. You're going to want to be there. You're going to want to bring friends. You're going to want to bring prospects. You're going to bring suppliers. You're going to bring. This place is going to sell out. So if you want to be there with 500 of your closest friends in business, it's going to be a fantastic networking opportunity. It's a fantastic learning opportunity, a fantastic opportunity to support business in Western North Carolina. We're super excited about it. We want to make sure that you are there. If you'd like information on how to become a sponsor, we still have a couple of sponsorships available. All you got to do go to wncsummitcom. That's wncsummitcom. Check it out, get your tickets there, become a sponsor there and remember hey, this is a great opportunity for you to take an event and make it into a sales call. Imagine taking your biggest prospect and being able to spend an entire day with them. What would that be worth? A to them and B to you Think about it. Hey, look forward to seeing you at the summit.
Speaker 1:Today I want to talk to you about the evolution of questions in your life. One of the things that you need to become better at is asking the right questions. Some of that comes down to learning, so you got to have a good mentor. You got to know which. That's going to come down to the quality or knowledge. The quality of knowledge is going to allow you to ask better questions. So, if you really want to ask better questions, get a better mentor. You won't get a better mentor. You're going to get better knowledge. Better knowledge is going to allow you to ask better questions.
Speaker 1:But let me give you an example of an evolution of a question over the period of your business career. So maybe when you start out in business maybe you're by yourself, maybe you don't have a lot of team members you start out with the question how can I? So there's a task, there's a goal how can I accomplish this goal? Well, okay, that's a great question in the beginning, and then it becomes a better question. Might be because it's hard to do anything by yourself in life and in business. You just can't do this stuff by yourself. So a better question might be how can we do the thing? How can we do whatever it is to achieve the goal, whatever it is? Hey, an even better question might be who can I get to help me do the thing?
Speaker 1:Let me take it to another level. Another level would be who is the best person that I could assign to do this thing? The next level who can I hire to do this thing? Because we maybe don't have anybody in the business who can do it. I need to hire somebody to do the thing.
Speaker 1:And if you take it even to an ultimate level, it's what can I buy? What company could I buy that could accomplish the thing that I want to accomplish? What do I need to start? What kind of company do we need to buy? Because if you buy a company, you get a whole bunch of people. Can you see how the question got better? It went from how can I? To we, to who, to how can we accomplish it? Who's the best person? Who can I hire to? Ultimately, why don't I just buy a company to do it?
Speaker 1:So if you'd like to evolve your questions, if you'd like to get better at questions, if you'd like to figure out how to get yourself from how can I do it to how can I buy companies to do it. That's what we do here. We help people scale their businesses. We'd love to have a chat with you about it. Hey, it doesn't cost anything. I'll buy your cup of coffee. We can sit down.
Speaker 1:If you have any challenges, if you have any opportunities, or if you just want to talk about life or business, we'd love to have a chat with you. Hey, just hit us up. It's out all the information's, with the podcast, with the video. Love to have a chat with you. Can't wait to sit down with you, if it's not me. If you'd rather talk to Jason, that's fine. If you'd rather talk to Beth, that's fine. We'd be glad to have a chat with you. Hey, I hope this was useful. I want you to think about asking the better question next time. What's the better question? When you come up with an idea and you have a question in your head, ask yourself what's the better question? Hey, and until next time, all the best.