Shy? Ask family questions – you can do it

Memo device ready with questions

I lost one parent in a car accident, and the other was given six months to live.

Birth and death events are different for every family in the world. But remember – despite the difference in the events every person within a family can share a gift today. Take the time and prepare to ask questions to those within your family network. I discovered the gift was timeless, for me and my Dad, and my sense of family belonging.

You have the technology to capture audio, text and digital images. And you’ve already shown a want to learn the knowledge skills contained within the Soul Assets Education formula.

Then go to it and ask open-ended questions with your family. Even if you haven’t read Digital Dreaming don’t worry – just start thinking about ways to interview and capture your family stories. Grouping and filing can come later. Then when you understand the 5 step knowledge process you’ll start to see the power of a consistent classification scheme for you and your family.

I’ve included this link to a good article outlining 50 questions to consider asking those people who have shaped your family life.

About.com: Fifty Questions for Family History Interviews

Getting prepared, questions, time and digital memo

If you don’t ask you’ll never know


About Soul Assets

Soul Assets exists for a soul purpose, to educate families with survival skills to KEEP family knowledge in the Information Age. Soul Assets is the place for families to share skills of the Family Knowledge Process. Imagine, fifty years from now, people inheriting keepsakes that are welcomed by the next family because they were treasured as Soul Assets.