Genuine curiosity is rare.

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While everyone else is shouting their opinions - and shouting down each other’s - curiosity is the willingness to be quiet, to be still, to do nothing and to learn.

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True growth happens when we step outside our comfort zones. When we look for ideas that challenge us. When we're willing to be wrong.



Curiosity is a choice. It's a choice to listen more than we speak. To crave understanding more than victory. To get OK with the discomfort of not having all the answers.

How do you cultivate curiosity?

It's not easy, but it's a razor-sharp competitive edge.

Start small. Ask more questions. Seek out opinions and perspectives that make you uneasy. Embrace the blank slate of a beginner.

The rewards are worth it. A curious mind is a resilient mind.

In a decade of uncertainty, when so many others cling to the safe and the known out of a desperate need for stability, resilience is a valuable asset.

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Social media, in its current form, isn't designed for curiosity. It's designed for engagement, often reinforcing what we already believe.


I think it's something we can learn from kids. They are naturally curious learning machines. 

A little bit of asking "why" and questioning the status quo goes a long way in curating a collection of the most random knowledge - and you never know, eventually the dots connect.

100% willingness to be wrong.. 

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