Warren Berger The Power Of Why Analysis

Questions, are words formed to usually find out information or elicit a response. I believe that questions are one of the most important parts of conversations in today’s society. In the article; the “The Power of Why” the author Warren Berger talks about the importance of questions and how they can be used in many different methods by different age groups. The author talks about how questions are used differently and how some have sparked huge companies, innovations, and created huge business breakthroughs. He says questions can simply be used for little children who are asking how things work and these questioning skills should be improved throughout the years. Many workshops, training programs, encouragement between co-workers; can all help …show more content…
In the article, “The Power of Why” the author uses confidence in reason as his first point in his article since this is very important to use when voicing your opinion so people can know you believe in what you are saying. The author talks about various workshops that can be used to help increase individuals confidence to emphasize the points they are making and help them be comfortable to convince others about the points they are making. Curiosity is also used specifically in this article because everyone needs to express interest in what they do and ask questions to learn more since this will expand everyone’s ideas. “Leaders can also encourage company-wide questioning by being more curious and inquisitive themselves….They could set a better example by asking “why” and “what if” — while asking others to do likewise.” Different individuals throughout companies can expand their ideas by asking a variety of questions that can help everyone express more interest in a new thought or idea. In the article “The Idea of a University” the author uses perseverance as his first point since people go through rough patches at times whether it is with businesses or colleges but they need to push through. “It teaches him to see things as they are, to go right to the point, to disentangle a skein of thought, to detect what is sophistical, and to discard what is irrelevant.” …show more content…
The two articles; “The Power of Why” and “The Idea of a University” are both very similar since they both talk about how people can be successful in the business world by asking questions and saying what they think. Both of these articles emphasize questions and feedback how they can help you in your daily