What should I be asking?
03:39 Share

This is an iHeart Podcast. In business, they say you can have better, cheaper, or faster, but you only get to pick two. What if you could have all three at the same time? That's exactly what Cohere, Thomson Reuters, and Specialized Bikes have since they upgraded to the next generation of the cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. OCI is the blazing fast platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs.

where you can run any workload in a high availability, consistently high performance environment and spend less than you would with other clouds. How is it faster? OCI's block storage gives you more operations per second. Cheaper? OCI costs up to 50% less for computing, 70% less for storage, and 80% less for networking.

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good morning. This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is that when you are not sure what question you should be asking, that is your question. Ask the person you are talking with what question you should ask. This can be a great way to learn about something important that you didn't even know to ask about. So when there is something you need to know, you can ask about it. You can ask your doctor about the side effects of a medication he's recommending. You could ask the waiter how spicy a sauce is.

You can ask your boss the deadline for a project. But sometimes you don't know what you don't know. Maybe you are buying your first home and you are unsure what information you need to find out about the house and the neighborhood. Maybe your doctor diagnosed you with a medical condition and you have no idea what you need to learn. Even in lower stakes contexts, you may sense there's more information you need to gather, but you are not quite sure what.

You want to tap into the other person's knowledge, but you don't have a specific question to glean the best information. So just ask the other person, what should I be asking? Then the real estate agent or doctor or swim teacher or cooking store salesperson or whoever can fill you in on information you may find helpful or important. This question can be especially helpful in interviews. If you are interviewing job applicants, you could ask as a final question,

Is there anything I haven't asked that you wish I had? Likely, the person you are interviewing has some great answer to a question you didn't ask that allows them to share something that is important to them. You will learn something new, which is kind of the point of this whole process. And if you are being interviewed, asking what you should be asking can help hone in on insights into the organization or the position that you might not have learned about otherwise.

When you ask what you should be asking, you position the other person as a partner. You don't know exactly what the best question is to ask, but you both want to make sure that you have the best information available. So you work together to make sure you know what you need to know. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening. And here's to making the most of our time. ♪

Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at laura at lauravandercam.com. Before Breakfast is a production of iHeartMedia. For more podcasts from iHeartMedia, please visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.

Hi, I'm Danielle Fishel from PodMeetsWorld. So for my two boys, I got Samsung Galaxy Watch for Kids. And I'm not saying I'm kind of jealous of my kids' tech. I'm saying I am definitely jealous of my child's tech. This thing lets them call, text, and explore all from their wrist. No smartphone required. And don't worry, you're still the boss. You control who they can talk to, and yes, you can totally stalk their location in real time.

Get Galaxy Watch 7 on T-Mobile, now kid-ready with a new paired line. Visit T-Mobile.com to order yours today. Parent and child must have a Samsung account and Google account with Family Link. Requires initial pairing with a compatible Samsung smartphone and qualifying wireless plan with LTE service activated. Please check with your carrier for more information. Trusted contact applies to compatible apps. It does not restrict communication through third-party or other communication apps. Emergency services and contacts remain accessible.

I always had to be so good, no one could ignore me. Carve my path with data and drive. But some people only see who I am on paper.

This is an iHeart Podcast.