Why those questions you're so afraid to ask are really critical opportunities for career advancement.

How many times have you remained silent in a meeting, when you were dying to speak up and voice your disagreement? Or maybe just your opinion?

Here's what you need to understand: every time you do that, you're robbing yourself of significant forward progress in your career. And you're also robbing everyone else in the room of your insight — which, by the way, is just as valuable as anyone else's.

In this video, I'm going to do my damndest to convince you that it is high time YOU started speaking up.