David William wrote this post at Lifehack, but I find that I have gone back a couple of times now to find these questions.  I was on a bike ride along Tibidabo mountain last night with my daughter (8) and I asked her a couple of these questions.  I get some profound answers.

Jim Collins says that we should be constantly increasing our Questions to Answers ratio.  A question means I am open and curious and learning.  An answer is saying what I already know.

Here are the 15 questions that David shared:

15 Questions that Create Profound Discussions with my Daughter

1. What five words do you think best describe you?
2. What do you love doing that makes you feel happiest?
3. What do you know how to do that you can teach others?
4. What is the most wonderful/worst thing that ever happened to you?
5. What did you learn from the best/worst thing that’s happened to you?
6. Of all the things you are learning, what do you think will be the most useful when you are an adult?
7. If you could travel back in time three years and visit your younger self, what advice would you give yourself?
8. What are you most grateful for?
9. What do you think that person feels?
10. What do you think your life will be like in the future?
11. Which of your friends do you think I’d like the most? Why?
12. If you could grow up to be famous, what would you want to be famous for?
13. How would you change the world if you could?
14. How can you help someone today?
15. If you could make one rule that everyone in the world had to follow, what rule would you make? Why?

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