WHO WOULD YOU INTERVIEW?

If you could interview absolutely anyone, alive or dead, who would it be? What would you ask them?


My son had to answer this recently for homework. Like many of his classmates he chose a footballer.
He told me that one boy had chosen to interview God. As he said this, he rolled his eyes as if to say "creep!"
Very imaginitive I thought, unusually impressed.
"Yeah, he asked him why he invented wasps".
God apparently answered, "because I was bored".

I couldn't help but think it was a wasted opportunity....


So who would you choose and what would you ask them?

Interviews are a great way of understanding what makes someone tick. They can help us discover how people do what they do best. In Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), this process is called modelling and is a way of studying excellence. If someone has a skill, it can be taught to someone else. This applies not just to physical skills but also to the mindset behind them. Modelling involves taking on the beliefs, attitudes and other characteristics of the person as a fast-track way to achieving their skill.

What did Nelson Mandela have to believe in to survive all those years in captivity?
What kept Thomas Edison going through more than 900 unsuccessful attempts to invent the light-bulb?
What went through Bob Beaman's mind just before he smashed the world long-jump record in the 1968 Olympic final, by an incredible 21 inches?

And just why did God invent wasps?