One of the coolest pieces of sales training I ever received was, "Answer a question with a question." What a slick idea, I thought. Then I tried it. Wow, talk about difficult.
When Jesus entered the temple toward the end of his earthly ministry, He was confronted by the religious gate keepers of His day with a question basically asking, "Who gave you this authority to do these things?" to which He answered, in effect, "I'll tell you if you can first answer my question." And then he stumped them with a question that must have brought an uproar of hilarity from the crowd (Matthew 21:23-27)
Oh, if we could only be like that. If we could only have an intelligent question at the ready to throw our adversaries into a tizzy and precisely expose their machinations. But then, we're not the Son of God.
So, what can we do? Obviously this approach can be most effective. My suggestion is to come up with some in advance, memorize them, and have them at the ready for any future conflict or conundrum that comes your way. Here are some examples:
If asked:
"Does my butt look big in this dress?" you could ask, "Does my face look dumb on this head?"
If asked:
"Did you bring your homework?" you could ask, "Was someone else supposed to bring it?"
If asked:
"Do you like your mother-in-law?" you could ask, "Don't you?"
If asked:
"Are you putting on weight?" you could ask, "Are you checking out my body?"
If asked:
"How much do you make?" you could ask, "How much do you need?"
If asked:
"Don't you think the government should help people?" you could ask, "Do you think they can?"
If asked:
"Are you losing your hair?" you could ask, "Are you losing your manners?"
If asked:
"Are you having twins?" you could ask, "Are you having second thoughts about asking that?"
If asked:
"Don't you think you owe me an apology?" you could ask, "Do you think I'd keep score like that in our relationship?"
If asked:
"Are you hearing a word I'm saying?" you could ask, "Aren't you saying many words?"
If asked:
"Haven't you learned anything from all of this?" you could ask, "Was this supposed to be about learning?"
If asked:
"Is that the best you can do?" you could ask, "If it is, is it good enough?"
If asked:
"How much do you weigh?" you could ask, "How often do you get out among people?"
If asked:
"Do you have some of your own you could add?" You could answer, "Yes" and place them in the comment section for us all to enjoy.
Sincerely,
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