Fortune Favours the Curious

Monumental leaders are extraordinarily curious and, as a result, are regularly asking good questions as well as asking “why” a lot. 

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Most of us have lost our childlike hearts. Most of us have lost the sparkle in our eyes as we've become more adults. When you were a little kid, you asked question after question. When you were a little kid, you were unbelievably curious. When I work with the billionaires and the titans of sports and the best of the best in the arts, these people have a master trait. And you what it is? It's curiosity. Curiosity. How often do you chat with someone and you go, yeah, and you start asking questions and three hours later they have not asked you a question about you. It's not that they're not curious. They've lost their sense of curiosity. It's been beaten out of them. And yet if you look at anyone who's doing amazing things in the world, whether it's in their spiritual lives, whether it's in their business lives, whether it's in their artistic lives, these people are highly curious. One trait in the billionaires I've observed, they're much more interested in the size of their library than the bigness of their TV. But when I tell these people you've got to read this book, they pretty much get out of their seat and run to the bookstore, metaphorically speaking. If you look at the happiest, most successful people in the world, here's how I describe one of their top habits. They read everything they can get their hands on. I remember talking to one state leader. And he said, Robin, I love your books. And I said, well, how often do you read? And he said, when don't I read? And then he paused and he said, you know, we eat three times a day to be fed. I read three times a day to be wise. Albert Einstein said, never lose your holy curiosity and never lose yours. I remember once being in an airport and a little kid was asking his father questions. I've never forgotten the scene and the kid was going in, but why and how come and why and I wonder about this, but daddy, how come this happens? and the father said, why do you ask so many questions? And in that moment, hopefully not, but there was a chance the kid never asked another question because our parents teach us how the world works and we want the love of our parents when we're little kids more than anything else. And so we behave in a way to please them. A lot of your behavior right now was designed as a kid to survive and to get the love of your parents. And all I'm saying is if we have parents who say, why do you ask so many questions and don't color outside the lines and fit with the neighbors? And if you have parents who say, what would people think if you wore that outfit or did that job or talked in that way or picked up that hobby? And you've probably lost a lot of your curiosity. And I really believe Your creativity, born of heightened curiosity, is one of your powers bordering on a superpower. And if you have lost that wondering your way to go, I want to read that book and I want to go to that course and I want to try that painting adventure and I want to launch the new enterprise and I want to go live in Vietnam for a year and I want to have new friends and I want to do these things. If you've lost that sense of curiosity, find some ways to get it back today.