Episode 16: How to Ask Better Questions with Breanne Dyck
Episode 16: How to Ask Better Questions with Breanne Dyck
Show Notes
On today’s episode of The Online Business Show, host Tyler J. McCall speaks with Breanne Dyck, co-founder of the visionary CEO academy where she helps entrepreneurs structure their business for sustainable, profitable scale. Breanna shares her wisdom regarding how to set up the context for your question, including the situations and decisions, while still being concise. And, don’t forget to actually ask the question!
Episode Highlights:
Breanne has created a framework for how to ask better questions.
Before you ask questions, you need to know what type of question you want to ask.
There are 2 types of questions you can ask: For the benefit of yourself and for the benefit of the other person.
What is some advice you can give to help people be more receptive to coaching?
Don’t ask questions in large communities that you should be taking to a specific person or small group.
Don’t answer questions if you aren’t actually an expert, point people in the right direction.
Knowing why you are asking the question doesn’t really help you know what to ask.
Think about how you will know when you’ve got the answer you’re looking for.
Be clear about what you are looking for.
Could you share 2 examples of your process for common questions for online entrepreneurs?
Breanne does NOT recommend questions for validation, like “does anyone have any better ideas?”
A better question would be “do you have experience with any of these platforms?”
When Breanne says “ask better questions” she means “ask questions that are more useful to you.”
Breanna describes the useful and less useful ways for setting the context for your questions.
Backstory often comes off as excuses.
When it comes to asking a question, make it easy for the other person to help you.
If you have already made a decision related to your question, be upfront about that.
After you set the context, the next thing is to narrow the scope.
When Breanne thinks about context, she is thinking about situations and decisions.
When she thinks about narrowing the scope, she is thinking about the area of the context that she wants help with.
What do we do when we think we have done all the right things to ask the question, but the answer is still not what we expect?
The last thing Breanne would recommend is to make sure your question is direct.
3 Key Points
Make sure your intentions are clear when you are asking a question.
Determine how you will know when you have the answer you are looking for.
Your question needs to have an appropriate amount of context.
Tweetable Quotes
“Crowdsourcing answers to questions is pretty much never going to be your best option.” -Breanne Dyck
“Let’s advocate for being good community members as well.” -Breanne Dyck
“One or two sentences is all the context you need.” -Breanne Dyck
“Don’t forget to actually ask the question.” -Breanne Dyck
Episode Transcript
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