I have a thing with words, and with context. I believe honesty and transparency are key, if one is confused they should ask for clarification. Not everyone knows everything, but there are things that everyone SHOULD know. Let’s talk about curiosity — and I think before we begin, let’s make sure we are all referring to the same definition.
Curiosity (noun)
a strong desire to know or learn something. “filled with curiosity, she peered through the window” According to Oxford Languages Dictionary.
I found this in a journal from October 2020:
Another term for experience is the “curse of knowledge” — when we have done something before or feel that we know it, we tend to stop asking questions.
We don’t go back to the beginning and dig deep to find new aspects of it. We jump to the conclusion much more quickly.
Basically, we stop asking WHY. We stop learning.
THAT’S BAD. The cure for stagnation = curiosity.
When you couple experience with curiosity, amazing things can happen.
The ability to question things that we already “know”. That isn’t easy to do.
Insatiable curiosity can be uncomfortable, even annoying… it is definitely annoying. But asking basic questions, and challenging the usual “That’s just how we do it” is the way to create something that hooks people.
Curiosity is a state of active interest
Do we like it simply because it’s familiar? Or because it’s the best approach?
When we are curious, we see things differently; we use our powers of observation more fully. We are able to see a different perspective.
Why does it feel like as you grow older you stop asking WHY? You stop asking HOW? You just accept everything as it is — good or bad.
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