LAW 12 — CHAPTER 12: The Law of Curiosity
Growth Is Stimulated By Asking Why?
LEARN IT
“Many People Will Never Ask Why…Why Is That?”
I. Where Does Curiosity Come From?
II. How To Cultivate Curiosity
A. Believe you can be curious
1. Curiosity comes from a desire to learn – so desire to learn
B. Have a beginner’s mindset
1. Assuming you know is not helpful – ask questions.
2. The must be a fire in the heart for personal growth.
3. Treat information you already know as a confirmation of your understanding, not a waste of learning.
C. Make WHY your favorite word
1. Focused question often start with why
2. Why gets to the core reason, cause, intent, and purpose.
D. Spend time with other curious people
1. Other people’s curiosity will stimulate your curiosity.
2. Other people will ask questions you may not have thought of.
E. Learn something new every day
1. Start the day with an attitude of curiosity.
2. Growing means remaining open to learning.
3. Being open requires reflection on what you may have learned – Experience is not the best teacher, evaluated experience is.
F. Partake in the fruit of failure
1. Even in failure, ask why.
2. Take failed experiences as a teacher – learn, don’t lose.
G. Stop looking for the right answer
1. While there may be better answers, don’t always assume there is ONLY one right direction.
2. Instead of saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, ask these questions:
a. If it ain’t broke, how can you do it better?
b. If it ain’t broke, what is likely to break in the future?
c. If it ain’t broke, how long will it serve as the world changes
3. Steve Jobs, founder of Apple computers started his entire empire by questioning the status quo
4. The growing person is simply not all that comfortable with “single answer” solutions.
H. Get over yourself
1. Trying new things may mean we will look silly
2. Have the child like attitude of “can I try that?”
I. Get out of the box
1. Talk about the impact of Thomas Edison’s quote could have on your organization: “There ain’t no rules around here; we are trying to accomplish something.”
2. The words, “We have never done it that way before” are words of someone not willing to grow.
3. Talk about what having an abundance mindset means.
4. Average people ask, “Can I do this?” Abundance thinking people ask, “How can I do this?”
J. Enjoy your life
1. Just allow the joy of life to become a central part of your whole existence
LIVE IT
“Make Life An adventure!”
III. Curiosity: The Key To Growth
A. While we can be happy with answers and milestones, we must
never stop asking questions
1. Curiosity can make up for many natural weaknesses in our own lives.
B. Put no limits on your curiosity
1. Are you Indiana Jones when it comes to learning new things? Or are you the slow moving and less than fit guy at the end of the movie who was moving the treasure into its storage place?
2. The cure for boredom is curiosity.
Facilitation Questions Options
OVERCOME GROWING PAINS
(Specific Steps to Amazing Growth)
Ask these questions of yourself:
1. Do you believe you can be curious?
2. Do you have a beginner’s mindset?
3. Have you made WHY your favorite word?
4. Do you spend time with curious people?
5. Do you learn something new every day?
6. Do you partake in the fruit of failure?
7. Have you stopped looking for THE right answer?
8. Have you gotten over yourself?
9. Do you get out of the box?
10. Are you enjoying your life?
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