Be positive Think positive...
by Amal Hewavissenti
Rapid thinking...
 However, what runs counter to this theory is that sooner or later,
the highway bends and the driver will abruptly awaken to the bitter most
truth in the world. A person who does not at all encourage the
development of thinking in himself, will sooner or later, have to pay
for at a crucial moment in his life would pose for him.
Importance of right question
The proper technique of asking the right question is a somewhat
uphill task because we easily learn how to find the answer to a
particular question but seldom learn how to find the question.
Practising how to ask a question is something we could do with
improving and just questioning our organisation or company personnel to
see if we can find a better way of running it, is the first step in the
right direction.
 In short, formulating a question in different angles definitely
enables us to treat the particular problem from varied angles. When we
face a problem, we should formulate it as a question in a number of
different ways and then try to find several answers or ask the question
in another way if we happen to get stuck.
However, there lies greater depth and importance in questioning too.
To question something is frequently viewed as negative but the correct
amount of questioning is fairly profitable as it ensures that we do
things in the right way and for the right reason.
Not contrary to popular belief, one of the highly important things we
can do is to question ourselves and develop more enquiring minds just as
children do. When was the last time we questioned a decision of ours?
When was the last time we questioned something? When was the last time
our management questioned its organisation?
In any case, highlighting the value of questions does not necessarily
no sooner than they are made, but it encourages those decisions being
sensibly questioned. If we are to question what we do and the boss of
our work place, we are dead sure of maximising our potential and filling
ourselves with the sense of fulfilment in the work place.
All the needles in haystack
The other dimension of asking the right question is looking for many
different answers to one question. When someone finds a solution to a
challenging problem, we should ask him one question, “Can’t we do this
in another way?”.
People will criticise us and be under the conception that we are
being awkward and unnecessarily sceptical if we do not give in when
someone has hit on a good idea. But it should not be so. Albert
Einstein’s students once asked him, “What is the difference between you
and the rest of us?” He quickly replied “If you’re asked to look for a
needle in a haystack, then you search until you find it, though I search
until I find all the needles”.
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