RAQs over FAQs
Frequently asked questions, FAQs, are almost on every company website.
We all have FAQs, asked to us, throughout our lives.
Well, what if we add some RAQs into the mixture?
Rarely Asked Questions.
There are two aspects here:
1- One’s life quality is shaped by the quality of the questions that one can ask.
2- All asymmetrical gains can be achieved by not following the main “norms” of the society.
When we combine those two, we see the necessity to ask high quality, not ordinary questions, and we aim to achieve asymmetrical gains by not following society. So, we need to ask better questions. The rare ones. The ones that are not the frequently asked ones, but the “rarely asked ones”.
Rarely asked questions do 3 things:
1- They challenge conventional wisdom.
2- They provoke deep thought.
3- They reveal personal values and priorities.
Some examples that I can give as RAQs are:
If your 80-year old self is talking to your current self, what would be his or her recommendations?
With your current wisdom, which advice would you give to your 10-year younger self?
What is something you used to believe but now reject?
Getting “rich” fast or step-by-step - which one is better for long-term wealth?
What is the one thing you would teach every child?
How can you teach a kid how to learn, and how did you learn how to learn?
What are the problems that don’t need to be solved now?
If you knew that you would see your own face for the last time in the mirror, what would you say to yourself?
RAQs offer depth and priorities right into the conversation. As long as participants are comfortable with the personal borders, RAQs reflect the depth and enable us to evaluate the person in the conversation in a deeper way.
RAQs over FAQs.
It is what it is.
