#150: Getting Curious About Curiosity, Curating World-Class Conversations, & How To Ask Questions That Unleash Impact w/ Brooke Casanovas

Several months ago, my friend Jhana Li (Episode #146) told me about this epic human named Brooke Casanovas.

A few weeks ago, I walk into an event and guess who I meet?

Ding ding!

Brooke and I immediately hit it off because of our shared love for curiosity and asking effective questions and I knew we had to bring her on the show.

Here are 3 crunchy things to look forward to in today’s episode:
1. Why Brooke walked up to someone without knowing her at an event and started a conversation around menopause… and what that has to do with creating deeper and more meaningful conversations
2. How to identify your superpowers or, as Gay Hendricks would say, “Zone of Genius”
3. Listen for Brooke’s ALIVE Framework for how to create transformational learning experiences both in masterminds and other in-person events

To learn more about Brooke, visit https://gobeyondcurious.com/podcast/brooke-casanovas/

Key Takeaways:

[0:54] – Introducing Brooke
[3:44] – The compelling question Brooke asked a stranger... and why she asked it
[8:06] – How Brooke’s study of emotional intelligence has informed how she asks questions
[12:20] – How questions can be constructed for transformation
[16:45] – Why people create and ask questions
[23:57] - Brooke shares a story about how a well-structured question is a gift
[32:17] – How to set the context for the audience to actively connect and engage
[36:11] – How Brooke incorporates pre-framing into creating a mastermind
[49:13] – Why and how you should step into a different identity empowered to serve people
[54:17] – How to balance between two potentially different thoughts
[1:00:40] – Brooke's process of identifying a skill set unique to a person


Resources:
Brooke Casanovas’s Socials:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ask-brooke-evans-/