Why is it that a…
…is a really essential thing to have?
Here’s why!
You’re the head cook in a primary school.
It’s your job to design the menu and make the meals.
You want to make the healthiest food you can, but also food that will actually be eaten by the kids.
You know what healthy is, but how do you find out what kids actually will eat?
The best way is to find out what they DO eat.
If you worked in an office or a factory you might be able to run a report on your work that’d show you this sort of thing.
But you can’t, cos you’re a cook, there’s no database, no performance person.
There’s just you.
You and your curiosity.
With that you can do anything.
Here is what one cook with curiosity did…
Watching her talking to the children as they clear their plates, it’s obvious she is utterly committed to the job. “I stand by the bins so I can hear what they’re saying,” she says. “But, just as importantly, I can see exactly what they’re eating.” [link]
She wanted to know so she went and found out. She went to the work and got knowledge because she wanted to know.
People who are curious will find a way to find out.
People who are not curious will not.
It is easy to learn when you are curious.
When you are not curious you won’t learn a thing.
Here’s what happens when you’re presented with some dead important knowledge. An answer to something you need is right in front of you…
The answer has nowhere to go! That’s the thing with knowledge, it’s like a vampire, it can’t get inside your head until invited inside
But what happens if the person has a question in their head?
The answer has somewhere to go!
Not only does it have somewhere to go, it is sucked in.
“Questions are places in your mind where answers fit.
If you haven’t asked the question, the answer has nowhere to go. It hits your mind and bounces right off.
You have to ask the question – you have to want to know – in order to open up the space for the answer to fit.” [link]