Questions to ask besides “How are you?”

Instead of asking how are you? Try these 10 prompts instead. Oftentimes, when we see someone for the first time in a long time or in our day to day life, the first thing we say is how are you? And it's a really kind question. We're asking somebody how their day is going. We're showing genuine curiosity, but oftentimes we're met with an answer like I'm good or I'm fine. And that doesn't really deepen our connection. It also doesn't really offer the person you're asking an opportunity to be super truthful about how they're feeling or what's going on in their world.

Because because it's a question that we kind of ask flippantly all day long. So if you're trying to build better connections with people and you want to have meaningful conversations, try these 10 questions instead of how are you? Question number one what has been bringing you joy lately? Question number two what's something you learned recently? Question number three what are you looking forward to these days? Question number four what's something you've been thinking about a lot lately? Question number five Is there something that's been weighing on you a lot recently?

Question number 6 what is something that would make you so happy in this moment? Question number seven Is there anything that's causing you stress lately? Question number 8 what's something that you've been really wanting to try? Question number nine what's something that you've tried recently that you really want to try again? Question number 10 Tell me the best thing that's happened to you this week. Let me know in the comments if you try any of these and how it goes, or if you have any other questions that you like to ask besides how are.