Is curiosity the answer to everything?
Two cats are enjoying one another’s company as they walk down the street dressed in their Sunday finest. They pull alongside a store. One of the cats turns to his friend and says, “ you know we absolutely HAVE to go in there! “
As I read the words in that cat’s speech bubble I cast my eyes up to the top of the frame of the cartoon, to see the name of the store outside which the cats were standing. It was called, ‘The Closed Door.’
I saw this cartoon last week. My mind naturally went to the two cats my wife and I adopted. I guess we used the Delirium Tremens method of determining the correct size for our domestic cat population. The Law of Delirium Tremens states, quite simply, that ‘ one is nowhere near enough, but three is far too many.’ Our cats are insanely curious, and I think they have a thing or two to teach us about the value of curiosity.
Recency bias is behind us suddenly seeing red minis everywhere as soon as we buy our own red mini. My red mini is curiosity. I think curiosity might just be a bit of a panacea.
Curiosity Can Help Break Bad Habits
When I listened to Judson Brewer’s TED Talk — A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit — his 10 minute presentation covered behavior, mindfulness, and of course habits, but what I latched onto was curiosity.
