The Answer (Wo)Man


The Answer (Wo)Man

Meet Taylor.

Taylor can be a man or a woman.

Taylor is known for answers.

They are an expert for their answers. 

They've created a life and brand around always having the answer. 

And as such, they live with the same answers they've always known to live with.

Because these answers create safety.

These answers create an identity for Taylor.

An identity that causes Taylor to be seen as smart.

An identity that causes Taylor to be wise.

An identity that causes Taylor to connect with people around them. 

Answers associated with identity are hard to change.

Because identity carries much weight.

It has much significance.

Often unseen. Often unexamined.

Taylor, the answer man.

Taylor, the answer woman.

To evolve, to grow, to change, to experience a sense of awe and wonder, the answer does not live within the same answers.

It lives within the asking of new questions. 

Answers create certainty and safety. 

Questions create space to discover and be in awe of an answer. 

I wonder who you are. 

I wonder whether or not you ask more questions or you have more answers. 


By Matthew Gallizzi. Consultant. Thinking Partner. Strategic Advisor. He believes our language creates our world. He equips business leaders as they live into their future vision.

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