How long has it been since someone cared enough about you to ask you a really generous question?

The kind of question that makes you question it all.

• How long since you were really bothered about something important and real?

• Who has the ability to take your spirit out of you?

• What was your work like a decade ago?

• What are you really here to do?

I’m reading Fahrenheit 451 now. Some people see the book as a commentary on censorship — it is. In addition, I see the book as a gigantic question: Why are you so afraid to ask the questions that challenge everything? How long has it been since you’ve showed us the best of yourself?

Leaders: The best thing you can do to spark change is ask your team generous questions. They crave it.