Why Curiosity Matters

Why Curiosity Matters

It's a GIVEN that everyone is born as co-equals.  One facet of our commonalities is CURIOSITY.  Regardless of culture and creed, we will all agree that children everyone will never cease asking all the WHYs, HOWs and WHENs, amongst many questions.  Here's the catch though.  As we grow, we shift from CURIOUS learning to knowing and as adults, we can reach that learning plateau.  BUT how many will ask as to Why Curiosity Matters📗📙📘

BUT WHY do we feel good to get to a point of understanding and knowledge BUT along the way, we begin to lose our CURIOSITY.  Suddenly you would hardly here inquisitive adults with the WHYs, HOWs and WHENs.  We then find it easier to live as that 'expert' WHO knows than the student WHO grows.  Surely, sometimes we are forced to learn, BUT often the intentional work to dig in and stretch our perspectives and reach new depths of learning can slow as we tip from CURIOSITY to KNOWING.  And as our world continues to spin faster, CURIOSITY and LEARNING are indeed essentials.  The speed of change happening all around us creates those innovations, requiring us to keep pace, LEARN and ADAPT💥💥💥

To be brutally honest, these days, the person WHO knows and tells BUT lacks the ability to be CURIOUS, to LEARN and GROW will find themselves [eventually] irrelevant and lacking critical skills and the perspectives needed to thrive in this modern BUT really frenetic era.  So, the BIG ASK is:  WHAT shuts down CURIOSITY, the benefits of CURIOSITY and HOW to cultivate that CURIOSITY✅✅✅

YES YES yow, CURIOSITY does SHUT DOWN and according to studies, two of the biggest factors WHEN CURIOSITY SHUTS DOWN, are thinking we know everything already and having that UNCHECKED ego.  The studies showed that CURIOSITY gets SHUT DOWN WHEN we think we know all the answers and need to be the expert😕😕😕

Our takeaway:  If we let things get waylaid, instead of fostering a culture of CURIOSITY, we will end up fostering our COMPETITION [to become so called 'experts'].  And once we know something, we'll declare that our LEARNING is done.  So, are you SHUTTING DOWN CURIOSITY within yourself and those around you?  A few frank questions here.  Do I have a GENUINE desire to learn?  Do I struggle WHEN I DON'T know something?  YES dude, our own ego wants to KNOW, be competent and safe.  We find safety WHEN we know and a have a level of power from knowing.  NOT knowing can make us feel vulnerable.  This is WHAT makes CURIOSITY hard because our ego is NOT CURIOUS, so to become CURIOUS, we must be aware of our ego and HOW it SHUTS DOWN CURIOSITY.  WHY CURIOSITY MATTERS, indeed❗❗❗