Be Curious – Don’t Just Question

We often ask rhetorical questions of one another at work. But what if we asked questions and actually wanted to know the answer? What if we could actually be curious and wonder? Being a curious person who wants to understand is different than being a answer-demanding person who expects that others explain.

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