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Asking Better Questions, Getting Better Results: The 5 Enemies Blocking Your Progress

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Aug 19, 2025
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🎧 In This Episode

We explore how asking better questions can transform your health, fitness, and overall well-being.

Joined by friend-of-the-show EC Synkowski, we break down the 5 enemies that block effective questioning and provide practical strategies to reframe your approach for better results.

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Quick Preview

  • Discover the five enemies of effective questioning: fear, knowledge, bias, hubris, and time

  • Learn how to shift from asking "why is this happening to me?" to "what can I control here?"

  • Understand why metrics and numbers should be viewed as indicators, not end goals

  • Explore how to adapt health practices to fit your life, rather than forcing your life to fit rigid programs


❤️‍🔥 A Deeper Dive

Big Ideas

The 5 Enemies of Questions

  • Fear: The apprehension of opening ourselves to what the answers may reveal

  • Knowledge: The trap of expertise, thinking we know more than we actually do

  • Bias: Unseen influences in the ways we are predisposed to thinking

  • Hubris: The belief that our biases are correct or aren't actually biases

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