Driven by Curiosity

People often ask me what drives me. While there can be many motivations for taking action, I’d say that one of my biggest drivers is curiosity. I love to learn, and I find it most valuable to learn through hands-on direct experience. In my early years of exploring personal development, I did a combination of reading books and doing experiments on my own. I almost always found direct experimentation to be a better investment. Books were mostly good for stimulating further experimentation. It was rare that I found good ideas from books that I could apply as-is. Most ideas I picked up from books were misaligned, and they often led me astray for a while. I made the mistake of trusting other authors too much and giving them too much credibility. I mistook their confidence as as reason to presume that their ideas were flawless. Many of my best advancements and cherished experiences started with a spark of curiosity. Then I added fuel to that spark by investing in exploration. I went vegan 24 years ago because of curiosity. I’m eating raw this year because of curiosity. I became an entrepreneur after college because I was curious about it. I moved to Las Vegas because of curiosity. I’m especially curious about how different experiences will affect me. I can’t always predict what I like and how I’ll feel about different situations. So my curiosity is often comprised of questions like these: What would it be like to do X for a month?What wo...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Creating Reality Lifestyle Productivity Source Type: blogs