Michael Gelb

I was telling you before we started that I lived in England for seven years. I moved to Washington, D.C. in 1982 with this wildly idealistic notion that I would teach government how to think creatively and that would help save the world. Well, I was quickly disabused of that notion. But fortunately, business people were interested.

I was telling you before we started that I lived in England for seven years. I moved to Washington, D.C. in 1982 with this wildly idealistic notion that I would teach government how to think creatively and that would help save the world. Well, I was quickly disabused of that notion. But fortunately, business people were interested.

I was telling you before we started that I lived in England for seven years. I moved to Washington, D.C. in 1982 with this wildly idealistic notion that I would teach government how to think creatively and that would help save the world. Well, I was quickly disabused of that notion. But fortunately, business people were interested.

And I was engaged early on by some visionary humanistic business leaders. And it was from them I learned about the ins and outs of business. And that's what I still do.

And I was engaged early on by some visionary humanistic business leaders. And it was from them I learned about the ins and outs of business. And that's what I still do.

And I was engaged early on by some visionary humanistic business leaders. And it was from them I learned about the ins and outs of business. And that's what I still do.

Well, the first one is one that you embody so beautifully today. in your show, in your podcast, and I think it's why people like it. It's curiosita. It's genuine curiosity. It's a childlike, focused, passionate desire to know. And you ask one question, and... You know, Leonardo would never take yes for an answer. What about the next question?

Well, the first one is one that you embody so beautifully today. in your show, in your podcast, and I think it's why people like it. It's curiosita. It's genuine curiosity. It's a childlike, focused, passionate desire to know. And you ask one question, and... You know, Leonardo would never take yes for an answer. What about the next question?

Well, the first one is one that you embody so beautifully today. in your show, in your podcast, and I think it's why people like it. It's curiosita. It's genuine curiosity. It's a childlike, focused, passionate desire to know. And you ask one question, and... You know, Leonardo would never take yes for an answer. What about the next question?

And anybody who has kids, they'll just keep asking you questions. And you could get to the essence of what anybody knows in four or five questions. Einstein would be like, okay, we don't know that after five questions.

And anybody who has kids, they'll just keep asking you questions. And you could get to the essence of what anybody knows in four or five questions. Einstein would be like, okay, we don't know that after five questions.

And anybody who has kids, they'll just keep asking you questions. And you could get to the essence of what anybody knows in four or five questions. Einstein would be like, okay, we don't know that after five questions.

Little children. Who's got the most energy? Little kids. But then, you know, you go to school, focus on getting the right answer instead of asking questions. powerful questions. You go to college or university, it's way worse. You have to regurgitate back what the professor said. Then you go into the workplace and they're not necessarily rewarding creative thinking or challenging questions.

Little children. Who's got the most energy? Little kids. But then, you know, you go to school, focus on getting the right answer instead of asking questions. powerful questions. You go to college or university, it's way worse. You have to regurgitate back what the professor said. Then you go into the workplace and they're not necessarily rewarding creative thinking or challenging questions.

Little children. Who's got the most energy? Little kids. But then, you know, you go to school, focus on getting the right answer instead of asking questions. powerful questions. You go to college or university, it's way worse. You have to regurgitate back what the professor said. Then you go into the workplace and they're not necessarily rewarding creative thinking or challenging questions.

It's figure out what the boss wants, just like you figured out what the professor wants, feed it back to them. And The media and advertising doesn't help with any of that. So having a renaissance, a rebirth of your own curiosita. And this is what I try to guide people to do with all the practices.

It's figure out what the boss wants, just like you figured out what the professor wants, feed it back to them. And The media and advertising doesn't help with any of that. So having a renaissance, a rebirth of your own curiosita. And this is what I try to guide people to do with all the practices.

It's figure out what the boss wants, just like you figured out what the professor wants, feed it back to them. And The media and advertising doesn't help with any of that. So having a renaissance, a rebirth of your own curiosita. And this is what I try to guide people to do with all the practices.

One of the exercises in the book that has had the most legs over the decades, I still get mail from people around the world, There's an exercise in the book where I have you, in one sitting, write out 100 questions. Don't lift your pen off the paper. Write 100 questions. You can choose a theme if you want to. It doesn't really matter.

One of the exercises in the book that has had the most legs over the decades, I still get mail from people around the world, There's an exercise in the book where I have you, in one sitting, write out 100 questions. Don't lift your pen off the paper. Write 100 questions. You can choose a theme if you want to. It doesn't really matter.