Can somebody recommend books that teach one how to ask better questions?

Question

I´m interested in being a better consultant. And good consultants are really good at the art of asking good, precise, provocative questions.

Answer 1

check out the terms used for Bloom's taxonomy

Answer 2

If you self-educate by reading books across a broad spectrum of topics, you'll not only be well read but the vocabulary begins to stick and you will begin to ask better questions.

Books and authors I'd recommend:

- Larry McMurtry: "Terms of Endearment" and "Lonesome Dove" are among his best work

- Anne Tyler: " Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant" and "Digging to America"

- John Irving: "Cider House Rules" Don't cheat and see the movie, although that's very good, too!

- Joseph Heller: "Slaughterhouse Five" and "Catch-22"

- Elmore Leonard and T.Jefferson Parker if you like mysteries. Check out the difference in style

- Hemingway

- Saul Bellow

- Graham Greene

- John Updike

Good luck!

Answer 3

That is only about common sense.....no one book will teach you to be smart at the hour of asking questions.
That is something related to each of us..

Have a happy 2007

Answer 4

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Answer 5

books on philosophy...will help...also ask open ended questions not yes or no...questions

So...tell me what you think about my answer