Mohandas Gandhi Quotes

+ Mohandas Gandhi: 

was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader 

                                    of India during the Indian independence movement +

"It is health that is real wealth 

and not pieces of gold and silver."

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Garrett Gunderson Quotes

+ Garrett Gunderson: 

is an entrepreneur and author +

"Each person has this magical thing called Soul Purpose within them. The difference between surviving and thriving has to do with whether we see it or not."

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"Potential is all of the resources you have in front of you. Efficiency is putting those resources to use effectively."

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"A resourceful person can see opportunity
when others only see obstacles."

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"Purpose creates an opportunity for value creation. Passion follows purpose. 

Passion creates energy, 

money is attracted to energy."

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"True wealth is a byproduct of living a principled life."

 

Confucius Quotes

Confucius: 

was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher

"By three methods we may learn wisdom:
First, by reflection, which is noblest;
Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. "

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Peter Thomson Quotes

 Peter Thomson: 

is a Nightingale-Conant communications author

"In a world where the big things
have little difference - it's the little things
that make a big difference"

Lao Tzu Quotes

"Great acts are made up of small deeds."

 

+ Lao Tzu: 

was a mystic philosopher of ancient China +

Steve Jobs Quotes

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

 

+ Steve Jobs: 

was an American inventor and businessman +

Anthony Robbins Quotes

"The way we communicate with others
and with ourselves ultimately
determines the quality of our lives." 

"Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year — and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!"

"It is in your moments of decision
that your destiny is shaped."

"The way we communicate with others and with
ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives."

"Most people have no idea of the giant capacity
we can immediately command when we focus all of
our resources on mastering a single area of our lives." 

+ Anthony Robbins: 

Motivational speaker and author +

Brian Tracy Quotes

+ Brian Tracy: 

Author, speaker, and consultant +

"The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear."

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"Your greatest asset is your earning ability.
Your greatest resource is your time."

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"Invest three percent of your income in yourself
(self-development) in order to guarantee your future."

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"All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose."

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"Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future."

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"If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, 

you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development."

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"Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all."

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"If you could find out what the most successful people did in any area and then you did the same thing over and over, you'd eventually get the same result they do." 

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"It doesn't matter where you are coming from.
All that matters is where you are going." 

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"People with clear, written goals, accomplish far
more in a shorter period of time than people
without them could ever imagine." 

Peter F Drucker Quotes

+ Peter F. Drucker: 

was an influential writer and management consultant +

"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said."

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Jack Canfield Quotes

"Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. 

But you have to take action to get it."

+ Jack Canfield: 

American motivational speaker and author +

Andrew Carnegie Quotes

"No man can become rich
without himself enriching others."

+ Andrew Carnegie: 

19th century captain of American industry +

Warren Buffet Quotes

+ Warren Buffet: 

Investor, billionaire, and philanthropist +

"In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield."

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"Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing."

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"You only find out who is swimming naked
when the tide goes out."

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"The investor of today does not
profit from yesterday's growth."

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"The one piece of advice I can give you is, do what turns you on. Do something that if you had all the money in the world, you’d still be doing it. You’ve got to have a reason to jump out of bed in the morning."

 

Aristotle Onassis Quotes

"Wealth comes from knowing
what others do not know."

+ Aristotle Onassis: 

Was a prominent Greek shipping magnate +

Henry Ford Quotes

"Don't find fault, find a remedy."

+ Henry Ford: 

was the founder of the Ford Motor Company +

Albert Einstein Quotes

+ Albert Einstein: 

Was a theoretical physicist +

"I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn."
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"Intellectual growth should commence
at birth and cease only at death."
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"Wisdom is not a product of schooling
but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it."
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"The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking."

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"Logic will get you from A to B.
Imagination will take you everywhere." 
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"There comes a time when the mind
takes a higher plane of knowledge
but can never prove how it got there."

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Quotes

"Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and
to put one's thoughts into action is the
most difficult thing in the world."

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. 

Begin it now."

+ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: 

Was a German poet, novelist, and dramatist +

Stephen Pierce Quotes

"Setbacks and stressors are bridges to be crossed to our goals... not barricades to keep us from them."

"People keep looking outside
themselves for the money. It's inside."

+ Stephen Pierce: 

Nightingale-Conant author +

Jim Fannin Quotes

"When you are in the zone, your intuition comes to the forefront, ... Your intuition will guide you. It is your best friend. It has information your mind does not have. When you are a zone performer — no matter what it is you do — you are operating on intuition and you have an unfair advantage over the competition."

+ Jim Fannin: 

Nightingale-Conant author +

Zig Ziglar Quotes

+ Zig Ziglar: 

Motivational author and speaker +

"If you want to reach a goal, you must "see the reaching" in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal."

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"If you learn from defeat,
you haven't really lost."

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"If you don't see yourself as a winner, then
you cannot perform as a winner."

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"People often say that motivation doesn't last. 

Well, neither does bathing — 

that's why we recommend it daily."

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"Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street."

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"You were born to win, but to be a
winner, you must plan to win, prepare
to win, and expect to win."

 

Dr. Joe Vitale Quotes

+ Dr. Joe Vitale: 

 Motivational author and speaker +

"Your part in the co-creation process to attract more money in your life is to act on the ideas that are coming to you."

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"A goal should scare you a little, and excite you a lot."
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"It's really important that you feel good. Because this feeling good is what goes out as a signal into the universe and starts to attract more of itself to you. So the more you can feel good, the more you will attract the things that help you feel good and that will keep bringing you up higher and higher."

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"True prosperity is an incredible gift. It's a gift YOU deserve. And no matter what anyone says, it's a gift that IS available to you - right now."

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"Remember that:
Money will always match your mindset." 

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"You are the masterpiece of your own life;
you are the Michelangelo of your experience. 

The David that you are sculpting is you.
And you do it with your thoughts."

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"If you turn it over to the universe, you will be
surprised and dazzled by what is delivered to you.
This is where magic and miracles happen."

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"As soon as you start to feel differently about what you already have, you will start to attract more of the good things, more of the things you can be grateful for." 

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"You want to become aware of your thoughts, you
want to choose your thoughts carefully, and you want
to have fun with this, because you are the
masterpiece of your own life."

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"The thing is, we have to let go of all blame, all attacking, all judging, to free our inner selves to attract what we say we want. Until we do, we are hamsters in a cage chasing our own tails and wondering why we aren't getting the results we seek."

William James Quotes

"Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of

their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives."

"There is but one cause of human failure. 

And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self."

+ William James:

Was a philosopher and psychologist +

G. Alexander Orndorff Quotes

"No one can become rich without enriching others. Anyone who adds to prosperity must prosper in turn."

+ G. Alexander Orndorff +

Pablo Picasso Quotes

"Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working."

+ Pablo Picasso: 

Was a Spanish artist +

Keith Harrell Quotes

"The loudest and most influential voice you hear is your own inner voice, your self critic. It can work for you or against you, depending on the messages you allow."

+ Keith Harrell: 

Was a motivational speaker, trainer, and coach +

Napoleon Hill Quotes

+ Napoleon Hill: 

Was a lecturer and author of books on achieving success +

"Don't wait. The time will never be just right."
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"Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure."

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"You might well remember that nothing
can bring you success but yourself."
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"Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes."
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"A goal is a dream with a deadline."

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"Effort only fully releases its reward
after a person refuses to quit."

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"A primary method for gaining a mind full of
peace is to practice emptying the mind."

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"Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in
the mind through repetition of thought."

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"If you put off everything till you're sure of it,
you'll never get anything done." 

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"First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination." 

Dave Ramsey Quotes

"Not until the pain of the same is greater than
the pain of change will you embrace change."

+ Dave Ramsey: 

financial author, radio host, and motivational speaker +

Deepak Chopra Quotes

+ Deepak Chopra, M.D.: 

Author on mind-body medicine and spirituality +

"The most creative act you will ever
undertake is the act of creating yourself."

"There are no accidents... there is only some
purpose that we haven't yet understood."

"You must find the place inside yourself
where nothing is impossible." 

"The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself."




"There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle."

"You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible."


"The less you open your heart to others, 
the more your heart suffers."






 

Asara Lovejoy Quotes

"To be successful, all you have to do
is give up everything you know."

"Many can argue that reality is as it is, but my experience is that the opposite is exactly true, 

reality is ours for the making."

+ Asara LoveJoy: 

Motivational author and coach +

Neale Donald Walsch Quotes

"All you see in your world is the 

outcome of your idea about it."

+ Neale Donald Walsch: 

Spiritual author +

Guidelines for Communication

 

1. There are many slips between the other person's ears and your lips.  The message you want to convey may be garbled, distorted, camouflaged or completely lost by more dominant messages.  This happens because the recipient interprets your message by his or her brain, not by your brain.  To avoid this, think about the possible ways in which your message can be misunderstood or distorted by a recipient who is not on the same wavelength or of the same orientation that you are.  

2. People are not mind readers.  They can't read your mind.  They don't know what is really bothering you or what you really want from them.  Ask clearly and precisely what you want.

3. Feel a genuinely liking for the people with whom you are communicating.  Remember the saying, "Nobody cares how much you know, unless they know how much you care."  When they feel you really like them, they make an extra effort to understand what you want. 

4. The rule of listening.  There are two ears and one tongue, spend twice more time in listening than in speaking.  The more closely you listen to others, the more effective you would be in communicating your ideas to them according to their frame of reference.  It is by listening close to them, that you will know how they think, what their favorite expressions are and how you can arouse their interest.      

5. The spoken word is but a small component of communication.  The spoken word constitutes of only 7 percent of the message, the other 93% is non-verbal.  If you say the words, "You are fine," but your face, body and your voice is conveying, "I can't stand you," which one do you think will get conveyed?  Match your body language, voice tone, and other non-verbal behavior with your words.

6. Keep your communication pure and simple.  Do not contaminate it with sarcasm, witticisms, or put-downs.  When you do that, people stop listening to what you say and get flooded with emotions and thoughts regarding how you are treating them. 

7. The rule of repetition.  Tell them first what you are going to tell them, then tell them, and then tell them what you just told them.

8. Check.  Ensure the accuracy and comprehension of your message.  For example, when you leave a message for someone, ask the person who has taken your message to repeat it so you can check it for its accuracy and comprehension.    

9. Review.  We will record what decisions have been taken so we could review what has been discussed and evaluate at our next meeting.

10. Walk your talk.  Match your actions with your words.  If you say something and then do another, your action will be received as the real message and not your spoken words.

11. We are discussing problems or challenges that has arisen from our thought process. Our decisions arise from knowledge and based on the current knowledge we make our decisions and these decisions can be right or wrong and they cause challenges. The effect is the challenge and the cause is the thought. We need to change our thinking by gathering more knowledge and information to solve the current challenge. Focus on the challenge and not the person and we will have a very good productive meeting.

12. Remember to focus on the facts not on opinions or assumptions. Do take notes for clarity.

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Leonardo da Vinci Quotes

"Learning never exhausts the mind."

+ Leonardo da Vinci: 

Was an Italian artist, writer, and scientist +

Voltaire Quotes

"Man is free at the moment he wishes to be."

+ Voltaire: 

Was a French writer, historian, and philosopher +

What Story Will You Write?

Between your Birth Date  and your Death Date there is a DASH ( ----- ). 

What's the story are you going to write in that DASH?

This could be your story! Courtesy of one of my team leaders Yeo Hong Ming. Tks !

Click on this link   

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Earl Nightingale Quotes

+ Earl Nightingale: 

Was a motivational author and speaker +

"The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!"
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"The biggest mistake that you can make is
to believe that you are working for somebody else.
Job security is gone. The driving force of a career
must come from the individual. Remember: Jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!"

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"We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within."
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"One hour per day of study will put you at the top of your field within three years. Within five years you'll be a national authority. In seven years, you can be one of the best people in the world at what you do."
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"Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind
and nourish with repetition and emotion
will one day become a reality."

William Anthony Quotes

Be Disciplined 

or 

Be Disciplined

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I control the circumstances of my life and not someone else who controls the circumstances of my life. 

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We prefer the opinion of others 

rather than the experience or wisdom of those who have gone before us.

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Out of every adversity or challenge 

lies the seed that defines your character.

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The fear of not changing should be greater then the fear of what you need to do to change.

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What a foolish man does in the end, is what a wise man does in the beginning.

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When you change the way you look at things, the things change.

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What you don't like to hear,
is what you need to hear
That's the TRUTH. 

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Live to a PROMISE not to the PAST

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We cannot reap where we 
have not sown first
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Success is not a destination but 
rather the journey

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New knowledge changes 

our beliefs and paradigms 

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Expertise is not an opinion of the majority but rather facts and skills of the minority

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Settle the past engage the present 
and belief in the future

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An Individual's Network 

Defines his Networth 

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The greatest sin of mankind is his ignorance of not recognising his fullest potential and 

using it for the benefit of mankind.

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We must do the things that others are not willing to do,
to have the things others will never have.
 

+ William Anthony: 

Education and Business Development +

Alvin Toffler Quotes

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those
who cannot read and write, but those who
cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."

+ Alvin Toffler: 

Author and futurist +

Winston Churchill Quotes

I like things to happen

and if they don't happen 
I like to make things happen !

+ Winston Churchill +

Shivaram Kumar Quotes

If you do the things that count,

you don't have to stop to count them !

+ Shivaram Kumar +

Critical Thinking

I have this statement in my phone under a note application where I review it constantly when I encounter with mediocre and negative thinking.

" I will not identify with the content of any belief. I will identify only with the way I come to my beliefs. I am a critical thinker and, as such, am ready to abandon any belief that cannot be supported by evidence and rational considerations. I am ready to follow evidence and reason wherever they lead. My true identity is that of being a critical thinker, a lifelong learner, and a person always looking to improve my thinking by becoming more reasonable in my beliefs. "

Socratic Questioning - Process to Clarify Thinking

In my recent training session with my team I covered the importance of questioning to clarify thinking. When your thinking becomes clear it gives you power and you will be able to help others to clarify their thinking. All challenges stems from your thinking. The cause is our thinking and the effect is the challenge and or outcome. So get your thinking clear by asking QUESTIONS? The quality of your QUESTION determines the quality of the RESPONSE!

 Use Socratic Questioning to Clarify Thinking

Conceptual clarification questions

Get them to think more about what exactly they are asking or thinking about.  Prove the concepts behind their argument.  Basic 'tell me more' questions that get them to go deeper.

·      Why are you saying that?

·      What exactly does this mean?

·      How does this relate to what we have been talking about?

·      What is the nature of ...?

·      What do we already know about this?

·      Can you give me an example?

·      Are you saying ... or ... ?

·      Can you rephrase that, please?

Probing assumptions

Probing of assumptions makes them think about the presuppositions and  unquestioned beliefs on which they are founding their argument. This is shaking  the bedrock and should get them really going!

·      What else could we assume?

·      You seem to be assuming ... ?

·      How did you choose those assumptions?

·      Please explain why/how ... ?

·      How can you verify or disprove that assumption?

·      What would happen if ... ?

·      Do you agree or disagree with  ... ?

Probing rationale, reasons and evidence

When they give a rationale for their arguments, dig into that reasoning  rather than assuming it is a given. People often use un-thought-through or  weakly understood supports for their arguments.

·      Why is that happening?

·      How do you know this?

·      Show me ... ?

·      Can you give me an example of that?

·      What do you think causes ... ?

·      What is the nature of this?

·      Are these reasons good enough?

·      Would it stand up in court?

·      How might it be refuted?

·      How can I be sure of what you are saying?

·      Why is ... happening?

·      Why? (keep asking it -- you'll never get past a few times)

·      What evidence is there to support what you are saying?

·      On what authority are you basing your argument?

Questioning viewpoints and perspectives

Most arguments are given from a particular position. So attack the position.  Show that there are other, equally valid, viewpoints.

Another way of looking at this is ..., does this seem reasonable?

·      What  alternative ways of looking at this are there?

·      Why it is ... necessary?

·      Who benefits from this?

·      What is the difference between... and...?

·      Why is it better than ...?

·      What are the strengths and weaknesses of...?

·      How are ... and ... similar?

·      What would ... say about it?

·      What if you compared ... and ... ?

·      How could you look another way at this?

Probe implications and consequences

The argument that they give may have logical implications that can be  forecast. Do these make sense? Are they desirable?

·      Then what would happen?

·      What are the consequences of that assumption?

·      How could ... be used to ... ?

·      What are the implications of ... ?

·      How does ... affect ... ?

·      How does ... fit with what we learned before?

·      Why is ... important?

·      What is the best ... ? Why?

Questions about the question

And you can also get reflexive about the whole thing, turning the question in  on itself. Use their attack against themselves. Bounce the ball back into their  court. Etc.

·      What was the point of asking that question?

·      Why do you think I asked this question?

·      What does that mean?

Source: http://www.criticalthinking.org/