Use the rocking chair test. (Watch “Fireside Chat with Wendy Lea” and check out my previous 8 Awesome Interview Questions), What would get you interested in our product/service? 18.) Life is a balance of knowing when to enjoy the moment vs. when to plant seeds for tomorrow’s harvest. You can transition your years of working out or training for marathons into a new career at 35. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. It’s always the obstacles that we don’t even see coming that are the biggest challenges in life. This is the part of the website where I put a big toothy grin on my face and scream “BUT WAIT!

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I use this question all the time with potential business partners. (Watch “The 5 Step Sales Process”). I mean do you know what drives you, what terrifies you, why you do the things you do, and do you know how others perceive you too? 7.)

Why not? In group settings we too often we find ourselves having completely different conversations. “Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” – Voltaire, “We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers.” – Carl Sagan, “The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand. What made me laugh? And—importantly—do you even really want your dream in first place? The most important aspect of business is still to always get it done in person. What’s the potential upside? Start a blog. If you’d like to check out some online courses I’ve put together, if you’d like to get special subscribers-only articles and responses from me, and if you’re interested in hearing me answer reader questions like I’m Anne fucking Landers and talk a bit more about my own experiences, my business ventures, and what I eat for breakfast on Sundays, well, then there actually is more. The real challenge is (not so) simply doing the things we know we should be doing.

3.) This may be the best interview question I’ve ever heard. And so, for the vast, vast majority of things you do, you will simply be average.

All Rights Reserved, This is a BETA experience. 10.) Question why something can’t be done. Life isn’t about figuring out what to do. Tell the world what’s on your mind, develop an idea … The reality is that changing your life starts with changing the way you see everything in your life. So the most important question you can ask yourself isn’t about what you want, it’s about what you’re willing suffer for. If we could wave a magic wand and do anything together, what would that look like?

What don’t you know, that you don’t know? This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. A lot of life ultimately amounts to a series of tradeoffs.