The most intelligent people don't have the best answers – they ask the best questions and act on them. Asking great questions is how you uncover the truth, while bias for action is how you build.

The Question-Action Matrix is a 2x2 of quality of questions and bias for action –

You can effectively place people in one of the four quadrants –

Q1: World-Changers

Q2: Grinders/Hustlers

Q3: Philosophers/Thinkers

Q4: Dead Zone

How to move forward from here? Simple –

• Invest heavily behind the Q1s

• Hire more of the Q2s

• Spend time with the Q3s

• Avoid, as much as possible, Q4s.

The idea behind the Question-Answer Matrix comes from Sahil Bloom.