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Sales jargon de mystified open vs closed questions

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A question worth asking

What do you still need to understand before recommending a solution?

A small experiment

Prepare three open questions. Record what you learned and what changed in your understanding, rather than how much you presented.

Treat this as a test, not a proven result. Note the context, what you changed and what happened.

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