Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It

When we know nothing about a subject, we find it hard to engage our brains, either because we can’t imagine finding it interesting or because we’re intimidated by the prospect of starting to learn about something that might, by its scale or complexity, defeat us.

Unfettered curiosity is wonderful; unchanneled curiosity is not.

If you are high in NFC, you are probably good at solving problems for your employer, because you’re really solving them for yourself.

Curious learners go deep, and they go wide.

B. F. Skinner, the great experimental psychologist, advised, “When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study

People tend not to be curious about things of which they are completely ignorant.

If you allow yourself to become incurious, your life will be drained of color, interest, and pleasure. You will be less likely to achieve your potential at work or in your creative life.

Not being satisfied is what makes curiosity so satisfying.

We confuse the practice of curiosity with ease of access to information and forget that real curiosity requires the exercise of effort.