Ask The Right Question Quotes

“You know things; you understand things. You have a history and a work life unlike anyone else’s. Respect it. Pay attention to it. Let it inspire curious ponderings and original thinking.”
― David Sturt, Great Work: How to Make a Difference People Love

“The door to your own great work quest is about to swing wide open.”
― David Sturt, Great Work: How to Make a Difference People Love

“That’s the thing about deciding that we want to make a difference for other – our work becomes incredibly personal. Ordinary is no longer an option because we are bringing our own history and know-how to the work itself. It reflects a piece of us.”
― David Sturt, Great Work: How to Make a Difference People Love

“Great Work begins when we take the time to ask if there’s something new the world would love.”
― David Sturt, Great Work: How to Make a Difference People Love

“While good work, crucial as it is, sets our attention on execution and delivery, great work sets our attention on benefiting others.”
― David Sturt, Great Work: How to Make a Difference People Love

“The important thing is to not assume that good is good enough, because even good things can always, always find a way to get better.”
― David Sturt, Great Work: How to Make a Difference People Love

“We have the ability to insist on doing something great – something people will love and appreciate.”
― David Sturt, Great Work: How to Make a Difference People Love

“The truth is, when we see ourselves as a box on somebody’s org chart, we’re miscalculating our own potential.”
― David Sturt, Great Work: How to Make a Difference People Love

“We’ve all got crazy ideas that tickle and nag. Let’s turn up the volume on these great work muses. Allow them to germinate, mature and grow.”
― David Sturt, Great Work: How to Make a Difference People Love

“Instead of jumping right in to accomplish whatever task [is] assigned, difference makers pause – to ask the right question.”
― David Sturt, Great Work: How to Make a Difference People Love

“It doesn’t take any special training to ask the right question. Nor does it require a high IQ. The only real resource required to ask what people might love is time.”
― David Sturt, Great Work: How to Make a Difference People Love

“If you don’t ask the right question, who will?”
― David Sturt, Great Work: How to Make a Difference People Love

“When you begin to see problems as road signs that say “great work possibility; turn here,” you’re on your way.”
― David Sturt, Great Work: How to Make a Difference People Love

“Ask and wait expectantly for the answer.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“Change the questions you ask, the way you view the issue will be transformed and innovation will start!”
― Isaac You, Question Intelligence: The questions to maximize your potential and accelerate your innovation