“One of the most important things one can do in life is to brutally question every single thing you are taught.”
– Bryant McGill
Have you ever heard the story about the woman who cuts off the end of the ham before putting it in the oven pan?
Her grandchild asks why she always cuts the ends off before she bakes the ham.
She says, “That’s the way my grandmother did it, and it’s the way my Mom did it.”
Turns out the reason was because in times of old, big hams didn’t fit in the oven pans they were baked in. Ergo, the ends were cut off.
Because no one understood why things were done that way, the tradition was passed down from generation to generation.
The moral of the story is: Sometimes it’s good to question the way things are.
And when you do question, especially in the workplace, consider how you’re asking to get the answers you want.
Curious? In this week’s Employee Almanac Column for The Daily Muse, we look at the soft underbelly of “asking why.”
If you’ve ever thought, “That is the dumbest process ever, why on EARTH are we doing it that way?” I’ve got suggestions for how you get better answers than “Because we’ve always done it that way.”
Go here to read “How to Always Get the Answers You’re Looking For.”
Then leave a comment and let me know how you are changing up the questions you ask to get the right answers!
[widgets_on_pages id=”Email Opt-In Blog”]