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The Forgotten Question

April 21, 2010 by in Spirit Speculations

Most journalists talk about the five W’s as a method to get a story. These are:

WHO? Every topic needs a subject.
WHAT? Every subject needs an event.
WHEN? Every event needs a time.
WHERE? Every event needs a place.
WHY? The existentialist question. There is a reason behind the subject experiencing the event, at the time and place it happened.

That’s five W’s… but there is actually a sixth, forgotten one. I will argue that the sixth W is found at the end of the question and word: “HOW?”.

HOW is the most forgotten and subtle question. It is the only future-looking or solution-focused question. After we have answers to the first five questions, we need to ask HOW so we can re-frame the entire situation to consider change and solutions.

HOW do we create peace?

HOW do we reduce suffering?

HOW do we find happiness?

Perhaps problems remain unsolved because we stop short of asking the forgotten ‘W’ question of HOW.

About The Author:

Chris Billows is a knowledge seeker who believes in social responsibility, a health care professional, and a business dabbler. The Journals of Doc Surge is his personal blog. Doc Surge (a cool synonym for Billows) is inspired by Doc Brass from the Planetary Comic series who in turn was inspired by the 1930s pulp hero Doc Savage.

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