No One Can Teach How To Be Curious

I woke up on Saturday morning with streams of thought about curiosity. After sending penning down (through tweets) a lot of ideas on curiosity, I reached a rather humbling conclusion: curiosity can’t be taught.

Curiosity by all standards is the bedrock of an outstanding life and all inventions. It has been for me and for all that I have read about. Curious people are not quick to dismiss a new idea, new proposition or uncommon things. They would rather reach a dead-end than dismissing immediately without experimenting. Many times, that habit gives room for serendipity in their life. That serendipity is the mother of a lot of inventions.

It, however, worries me that such a quality can’t be taught. I can’t teach your mind how to be fixated on a topic long enough until you reach the bottom. Neither can I teach you how to go to a rabbit hole until your soul is satisfied. Curiosity is so central to the kind of life we all desire yet it can’t be taught.

Here some of the thoughts I penned down for your perusal:

“Be curious.
Feed your curiosity.
And you will be unstoppable.”

“Information is abundant out there that your curiosity can feed on.
What’s stopping you?
You aren’t curious enough.
Unfortunately, curiosity is one of the things that can’t be taught”.

“You cannot possibly bring the best out of yourself if you are not curious.
How will you do it”?

“Curious people are not quick to dismiss a new idea, proposition or uncommon things.
They would rather reach a dead-end than dismiss immediately without a full test.
Many times, that habit gives room for serendipity in their life”.

“Judgment is now the highest form value.
Judgment comes in play in capital allocation, betting on the future, determining the optimal path to the future & so much more.
To improve your judgement, you need a mental latticework of knowledge. You can only get that by being curious”.