The different sights, sounds, smells, and movements – especially when they are unexpected – that new situations offer demand our attention because they are something that is unfamiliar to us.
“There’s this basic circuit in the brain that energizes people to go out and get things that are intrinsically rewarding. This circuit lights up when we get money, or candy. It also lights up when we’re curious.” Ranganath.
Do You Need To Be More Curious? Do you have a tendency to tell more often than you ask?
Do you love giving advice, but worry that asking for help will make you look less competent? The truth is, we all have a deeply ingrained habit of slipping into the advice-giver, expert, answer-it, solve-it, fix-it mode. After all, our brains are wired with a strong preference for certainty. These are some of our favorite Albert Einstein wall quotes.
Einstein was a brilliant mind with insights into many area's of life. Lets get to the quotes!!!!!!! Our death is not an end if we can live in our children and younger generations. For they are us, our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life. Albert Einstein. Why Curiosity Matters. Marie Curie on Curiosity, Wonder, and the Spirit of Adventure in Science. By Maria Popova A short manifesto for the vitalizing power of discovery.
“Few persons contributed more to the general welfare of mankind and to the advancement of science than the modest, self-effacing woman whom the world knew as Mme. Curie.” A Stop-Motion Love Letter to the Power of Curiosity. By Maria Popova “The more you know, the more you want to know… the more connections you can make between the different bits of knowledge… the more ideas you have, which is why curiosity is really the wellspring of creativity.”
“It is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown,” wrote pioneering polar explorer Ernest Shackleton in reflecting on the feat that nearly took his life, adding: “The only true failure would be not to explore at all.” This vitalizing power of exploration applies as much to the exterior world we inhabit as it does to the interior. Upon turning eighty and looking back on his extraordinary life, Henry Miller observed: “Perhaps it is curiosity — about anything and everything — that made me the writer I am. Novelty. Awe. Flow. Learning How to Learn. Mastery. Great Opportunities. Developing Creativity. Wisdom. The Seeking System.
Selective Focus. Desire.