The art of curiosity

When was the last time you felt genuinely curious?

Not just "hey, is my favorite show going to have another season?"

I mean the kind of curiosity you might remember having as a kid.
Where you say "I wonder if ..."
and then actually want to spend time finding out.

Lots of folks haven't felt that way in a very long time.

Which is sad.

Because genuine curosity is thrilling.
It's exciting.
It's productive.
And its results are very satisfying.

But it doesn't co-exist well with fear.
Of failure, or of being overwhelmed.

And it doesn't thrive in a world
where any little question
can get immediate (if low-quality)
answers from
the Anything Machine in your pocket.

But we can cultivate it.
By allowing the wonder to linger.
By putting aside fear for a time.
By practicing the art of finding out for ourselves.

And in return, we get
new insights
new relationships
and surprising results that matter to the people we care about.

Sure, your CRM and your other systems have a ton of ways to give you information.

But here's the thing:

None of us are struggling from a lack of information.
But we do struggle with getting all that information to make sense.

The good answers are not instantaneous.
They only come by sitting with the question,
and exploring with curiosity.

All the best,
A.