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What If All The Readers Wanted Were Questions?

Writing to answer readers’ questions is the common advice but is it really what we should do?

Mathias Barra
2 min readDec 22, 2019
Question mark sign on an island
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We all read articles to find answers to questions we ask ourselves. But in reality, aren’t we looking just for more questions? That’s an interrogation that has been bugging me for some time.

After all, if we read an article answering the question: “How can I focus?”, isn’t it just going to open us to more questions?

  • What is “focus”?
  • Will that method work for me?
  • Are there different types of focus? If yes, Are they to be handled the same way?
  • How can I put this method to the test?
  • Is there any other way in case it doesn’t work?
  • What can I take away from this article?
  • Why is it that important to learn to focus already?

The list could go on and on.

The more we read online, the more questions appear in front of us. And the more we feel the need to read something else on the topic to find that final answer.

Unfortunately and luckily at the same time, there is no such thing as a final answer. We can keep on learning and learning, there will…

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Mathias Barra
Mathias Barra

Written by Mathias Barra

French polyglot speaking 6 languages. Writer. Helping you learn languages. Get my new ebook → https://linktr.ee/MathiasBarra

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