I've always admired people that have an innate ability to ask good questions. This also includes asking the right questions and thriving in the process. My skills have improved over the years, mainly by watching others, but I'm still far from where I want to be? What have you learned about asking questions that will help others? Question asking is real art and can oft be a  fine balance between getting what you want and need and being seen as arrogant or inappropriate.

I've always admired people that have an innate ability to ask good questions. This also includes asking the right questions and thriving in the process. My skills have improved over the years, mainly by watching others, but I'm still far from where I want to be? What have you learned about asking questions that will help others? Question asking is real art and can oft be a  fine balance between getting what you want and need and being seen as arrogant or inappropriate.

I've always admired people that have an innate ability to ask good questions. This also includes asking the right questions and thriving in the process. My skills have improved over the years, mainly by watching others, but I'm still far from where I want to be? What have you learned about asking questions that will help others? Question asking is real art and can oft be a  fine balance between getting what you want and need and being seen as arrogant or inappropriate.

I've always admired people that have an innate ability to ask good questions. This also includes asking the right questions and thriving in the process. My skills have improved over the years, mainly by watching others, but I'm still far from where I want to be? What have you learned about asking questions that will help others? Question asking is real art and can oft be a  fine balance between getting what you want and need and being seen as arrogant or inappropriate.

I've always admired people that have an innate ability to ask good questions. This also includes asking the right questions and thriving in the process. My skills have improved over the years, mainly by watching others, but I'm still far from where I want to be? What have you learned about asking questions that will help others? Question asking is real art and can oft be a  fine balance between getting what you want and need and being seen as arrogant or inappropriate.

I've always admired people that have an innate ability to ask good questions. This also includes asking the right questions and thriving in the process. My skills have improved over the years, mainly by watching others, but I'm still far from where I want to be? What have you learned about asking questions that will help others? Question asking is real art and can oft be a  fine balance between getting what you want and need and being seen as arrogant or inappropriate.

I've always admired people that have an innate ability to ask good questions. This also includes asking the right questions and thriving in the process. My skills have improved over the years, mainly by watching others, but I'm still far from where I want to be? What have you learned about asking questions that will help others? Question asking is real art and can oft be a  fine balance between getting what you want and need and being seen as arrogant or inappropriate.

I've always admired people that have an innate ability to ask good questions. This also includes asking the right questions and thriving in the process. My skills have improved over the years, mainly by watching others, but I'm still far from where I want to be? What have you learned about asking questions that will help others? Question asking is real art and can oft be a  fine balance between getting what you want and need and being seen as arrogant or inappropriate.

I've always admired people that have an innate ability to ask good questions. This also includes asking the right questions and thriving in the process. My skills have improved over the years, mainly by watching others, but I'm still far from where I want to be? What have you learned about asking questions that will help others? Question asking is real art and can oft be a  fine balance between getting what you want and need and being seen as arrogant or inappropriate.

I've been reading all the answers here with curiosity. I have my thoughts, but I'd like to follow up on this latest point Mitch. I agree with the potential "softball" questions, but I see it as less about softball questions and more about an opportunity for clarification for the group. Way back in college, I had the opportunity to learn a very valuable lesson that I have carried with me throughout (I won't go through the whole background and spare you the details).

I have found that when the group is less verbally active, it is often because there is a lack of understanding by someone or even the whole group. And hubris will often prevent most from asking questions because they don't want to seem ignorant. Because of that college lesson, when I get a sense that there is someone (or many someones) who aren't following along, I will often ask the clarifying question intentionally, even when I know the answer myself (or at least suspect I do). I find this often leads to a more thorough or better understanding, and tends to lead to better more pointed questions.

We need to stop being concerned about sounding ignorant - we can't all know everything all the time.

I've always admired people that have an innate ability to ask good questions. This also includes asking the right questions and thriving in the process. My skills have improved over the years, mainly by watching others, but I'm still far from where I want to be? What have you learned about asking questions that will help others? Question asking is real art and can oft be a  fine balance between getting what you want and need and being seen as arrogant or inappropriate.

I've always admired people that have an innate ability to ask good questions. This also includes asking the right questions and thriving in the process. My skills have improved over the years, mainly by watching others, but I'm still far from where I want to be? What have you learned about asking questions that will help others? Question asking is real art and can oft be a  fine balance between getting what you want and need and being seen as arrogant or inappropriate.