Curiosity
“I don’t really pursue a destination,” he said. “I pursue a direction.”
Brie Wolfson • Flounder Mode
“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.”
― Richard Feynman
Matter
Instead of asking yourself what you are passionate about, try using the following 4 territories to guide your career design decisions. As you answer these questions, you might start to see areas of overlap—these are the most promising directions to go in!
To make it simple, let’s call these territories The Four Cs. They are Curiosity, Creative... See more
To make it simple, let’s call these territories The Four Cs. They are Curiosity, Creative... See more
Avoiding the passion trap
"Diversive curiosity makes us want to know what lies on the other side of the mountain; epistemic curiosity arms us with the knowledge we need to survive when we get there. Every human society is, in Mark Pagel’s words, a ‘cultural survival vehicle’, rich in accumulated knowledge. Every baby is born with a powerful urge to explore it." (Ian Leslie,
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youtube.com... See moreThe best thing for being sad,’ replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, ‘is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or
What curiosity does is transform that uncertainty from a threat into an invitation.
How curiosity rewires your brain for change
Learning is downstream of doing. The order should rarely be reversed. Most real knowledge, knowledge worth attaining, lives in the hands . It must be cultivated gradually, like a garden. Really, it must be grown. Most real knowledge is the result of doing something deliberately for a long time and steadily making small improvements. It requires a... See more