#3 Question Everything with Todd Cherches

Todd Cherches: “ABC - Always Be Curious. When I was a kid, I would ask my mother things like, ‘Why is the sky blue?’ Some parents say, ‘I don't know’ or ‘I have no idea’. My mother would say, ‘Oh, that's a great question. Let's go look it up together’. And that's now part of my teaching philosophy. While some instructors tell their students to put their phones away – when my students ask me a question that I may not have the answer to I say, ‘Take out your phones and let's look it up. Let's see who can find the answer the fastest’ and I make it into a knowledge scavenger hunt. 

When corporate clients come to me saying, ‘We need leadership training’ – I'll ask, ‘Who is it for? What do you want covered? When? Where are you? Why are you doing this? What's the purpose? What's the intent?’ Then we figure out the How and I can figure out How much. That's my linear process. What's funny is some potential clients say, ‘I don't have the time for that. Just tell me how much. How much is your leadership training?’ And I'll say, ‘How much is a vacation?’

Always ask Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How. 

QBQ, what's the Question Behind the Question? Why are they asking that question? There's a reason behind people's questions. So that's part of the philosophy of always being curious and digging deeper. When you visualize an iceberg in the water, all you see is the tip. There's way more beneath the surface and it's up to us to explore deeper. 

So be curious and wonder why.”

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Have a listen as I interview my special guest, Todd Cherches.