Summer has officially arrived and with it has come once again the humidity. Personally I'm thankful that it's warm out and I don't have to wear ridiculous amounts of clothing to be warm, but at the same time, for the large portion of the world that doesn't have AC, summer can be really hot which can create all kinds of health issues and other challenges. So as I was standing in my more-than-warm kitchen doing the dishes all of a sudden through the open window came an incredibly cool breeze and everything felt better. And the question that ran through my mind was "why hasn't anyone figured out how to better use the winds and cool buildings so we don't all need to rely on AC as much?" It's definitely not something I'm qualified to even consider how it could work and if it could work, but I know that fans don't always do the job and often just pull in the hot air that's outside, rather than cooling things off like they're supposed to. So why not consider how we can harness the wind better?

As I was thinking about this, it reminded me how success is often not build only on hard work, but on asking different questions. Over the past decade we've seen companies like Uber and Ellevest who have gone out and asked questions a little differently, and as a result we've got resources and connections that we could have never had at affordable rates and are providing solutions to problems that we've been facing for a very long time. No, they're not perfect, but they certainly have changed the game and forced more businesses to take a hard look at how customer-centric they were really being and become aware of what customers are really looking for and willing to pay for.

I've talked before about the importance of asking questions, and that is something that won't change because when we take the time to ask questions it means we're thinking and really taking the time to consider how we can improve things, which almost always means good things for our future success. But as important as it is to ask questions, it's equally important to ask different questions from time to time so that you do your best to see things from different perspectives which may bring you to a breakthrough. So if you're thinking about what new successes you can create in your life, consider how you can ask the question you're struggling with differently, or ask a different question entirely to help you hopefully create a new way forward.

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