Examples of Curious Questions

In my last posting, I talked about using curious questions with students to help them discover their goals.  Here is a list of curious questions you might try asking:

 

Curious Questions

 

 

  • What concerns you most about…?
  • What could you do right now that might help you get unstuck?
  • What’s most important to you about this right now?
  • What would you like help thinking through?
  • How is this affecting you?
  • What is really important to you in this situation?
  • How is this working out?
  • What might that mean to you?
  • What else would you like to tell me about it?
  • What have you tried so far?
  • How can you find out more about it?
  • What is important to you about this goal?
  • What do you think is best?
  • Where do you go from here?
  • What’s most important to you about this right now?

 

 

 

 

  • What could you do to improve the situation even a little?
  • What is really important to you in this situation?
  • What is important to you about this goal?
  • What’s humorous about the situation?
  • What might that mean for you?
  • What are your thoughts about how to manage the situation?
  • What other ideas do you have about it?
  • What are your next steps?
  • What are some other options?
  • If you had your choice, what would you do?
  • Who else on campus could you talk with about this?
  • What do you want?

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