Reflections GurukulThe Courage to ask
The space between having a question and actually saying it out loud
Taught by Reflections Gurukul Team
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About this course
This chapter is about the space between having a question and actually asking it out loud. It looks at why that space feels so uncomfortable, in a doctor's office, in front of a manager, at a government counter, and what exactly people with power are counting on when they hope you'll stay quiet. It breaks down the tactics used to make asking feel costly, and offers a few ways to ask that are harder to dismiss. The chapter closes with the story of one question a food company tried very hard to make disappear.
What you’ll learn
- Why asking often feels harder than simply not knowing
- What people with power are actually counting on when you go quiet
- The everyday tactics used to make a question cost more than staying silent
- A few small ways to ask that are harder to brush off
- What happened when one person refused to stop asking a food company a single question
- How to close the gap between having a question and asking it out loud
Curriculum
The Courage to ask
- The Courage to ask