Change Your Questions, Change Your Life, Fifth Edition

What if better questions could change everything?

The questions you ask yourself shape every decision, relationship, and result. This international bestseller—over 500,000 copies sold—gives leaders, coaches, and professionals a proven system called Question Thinking to shift from reactive, stuck thinking to curiosity, clarity, and breakthrough outcomes.

Through an engaging business fable, Dr. Marilee Adams shows exactly how—and why—it works.

The landmark fifth edition includes the following:

• 14 Question Thinking tools, including 2 brand-new tools built from reader feedback
• The Choice Map, a visual framework for recognizing where your thinking is headed
• Q-Storming, a collaborative approach that generates better questions, not just answers
• New chapter on thriving through AI and technological change
• Step-by-step practices for leadership, coaching, team development, and personal growth

Used by Fortune 500 leaders, executive coaches, educators, and therapists worldwide.

With a foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author and world's #1 executive coach, Marshall Goldsmith.“Marilee’s writings are by far the most profound articulation of the power of the question that I’ve come across. It’s true: we live in worlds our questions create.”
—David Cooperrider, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, and Founder, Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit

“When we change our questions, we open our minds and our consciousness expands. This book is a masterful volume designed for those who wish to be fully alive.”
—Robert E. Quinn, Cofounder, Center for Positive Organizations, University of Michigan, and coauthor of The Economics of Higher Purpose

“Our complex world demands that we ask different questions, but the power of habit throws us into the Judger Pit. Dr. Adams shows us how to get out of the Judger Pit and stay out—and how to improve our relationships, our work, and our lives with a new mindset that offers more helpful questions.”
—Jennifer Garvey Berger, EdD, author of Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps

“As a fellow champion of the power of questioning, I consider Marilee Adams to be one of the pioneers in this field. The storytelling format of Change Your Questions makes the book a breeze to read while the Question Thinking Users Guide shows how practical her work really is.”
—Warren Berger, author of A More Beautiful QuestionMarilee Adams, PhD, award-winning author, is a pioneer in inquiry-based coaching, leadership, and organizational culture. The originator of the Question Thinking methodologies, she is CEO and founder of the Inquiry Institute and a consultant for organizations large and small. Dr. Adams is an affiliate instructor for Weatherhead’s Executive Education Program at Case Western Reserve University and for ten years was an adjunct professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University.Over Half a Million Copies Sold