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Praise for Ask More
Deeply insightful, immediately practical, surprising, moving and entertaining all
at the same time, Frank Sesno shows us how asking the right questions in the
right ways empowers everyone—from famous figures like Colin Powell and Bill
Gates to single moms struggling to raise families. One of the absolute essential
skills of life, asking questions, as Sesno explains, can help us improve our
relationships, find more success and satisfaction in our careers, and, perhaps
most importantly of all, lead more fulfilling, interesting lives.
—Brian Baird, former Congressman (D-Washington)
Part memoir, part master class, Frank Sesno’s Ask More draws on his own
successes and failures as an interviewer as well as on discussions with an all-star
cast to illustrate ways to best ask eleven types of questions ranging from
confrontational ones to those creating a legacy. This is a must-read book both for
those whose livelihood depends on securing answers to important questions and
for those seeking the kinds of memorable conversations with family and friends
that are facilitated by thoughtful queries.
—Kathleen Hall Jamieson, co-author UnSpun: Finding Facts in a World of
Disinformation. Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the
University of Pennsylvania
Frank Sesno’s book reveals one big secret of leadership: Top leaders use both
emotional intelligence and facts to ask the right questions, get the information
they need, and solve big problems.
—Farai Chideya, journalist, broadcaster, and author of books including The
Episodic Career: How to Thrive at Work in the Age of Disruption
Using rich stories and practical takeaways, renowned journalist Frank Sesno
shows us the surprising, powerful ways that questioning can improve our lives—
and even our world.
—Warren Berger, questionologist and author of A More Beautiful Question
This book challenges us to take an expansive approach to problem-solving.
Frank Sesno shows us how to diagnose a problem or identify an opportunity

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through incisive and sustained questioning. If we ask with diverse perspectives
in mind, we can come up with even bigger and more innovative solutions.
—Susie Scher, Managing Partner, Goldman Sachs
Anyone who seeks good answers to important questions should read this book.
In it, Sesno will teach you the art and science of posing superlative questions.
Well written and carefully framed, I will certainly assign it to my students.
—Ernest Wilson, Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication and
Journalism at the University of Southern California
We are living in a time of declarations and exclamation points. Our public
sphere is often not a space of inquiry, but of accusation and polemic. How
simple, and how refreshing, to be able to change the channel with Sesno’s Just
Ask. Its chapters are filled with ways to think about engaging others in a spirit of
open, honest, inquiry—sometimes empathetic, sometimes confrontational, but
always in the spirit of making our dialogues more constructive. Whether we are
teachers, politicians, executives, plumbers, sons, daughters, spouses, or friends,
Sesno reminds us that the art of the question is at the heart of who we are as
human beings. A great read—peppered with compelling examples and moving
stories of how questions, not answers, have the deeper power to change our
world.
—Laurie Patton, President, Middlebury College
Frank Sesno has written an original, fast-moving and thought-provoking book
about questions. But the secret is that this book is full of answers, too. From
Colin Powell to Jorge Ramos, from an expert roofer to Sesno’s disabled sister,
you’ll see how people put questions to work for them. You’ll learn about the
simple effectiveness of echo questions, and the power of questions without
question marks. Read this book to deepen your own insights into life’s most
exciting challenges—how to learn, work, explore and ultimately, how to live.
You might find, as I did, that the answers lie mostly in asking the right
questions.
—Timothy Shriver, Chairman, Special Olympics

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