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All life is an experiment

    Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “All life is an experiment” encourages action over overplanning. Trying more things, accepting failure, and tracking attempts… 

    I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious by Albert Einstein

    I have no special talents

      Einstein’s line about having no special talent, just curiosity, is really about a habit anyone can build. He went from… 

      There are two types of people: Those who want to know more and those who want to defend what they already know.

      There are two types of people

        Morgan Housel’s quote contrasts curiosity with the impulse to defend existing beliefs. Charles Darwin recorded evidence against his theories, while… 

        I keep six honest serving-men. They taught me all I knew. Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who. Rudyard Kipling

        I keep six honest serving-men

          Rudyard Kipling’s six honest serving-men, what, why, when, how, where and who, come from his story The Elephant’s Child. Together… 

          He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever Chinese proverb

          He who asks is a fool

            An old Chinese proverb on why asking a question beats staying quiet, every time. 5 minutes of looking silly beats… 

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            The mind is like a parachute

              A doctor swallowed bacteria to prove a point nobody would believe. Frank Zappa’s line about an open mind means the… 

              Curiosity is the start of a journey to a greater understanding and the joy of discovery by mmj

              Curiosity is the start

                Scientific American reports that curiosity switches on the brain’s reward circuits and helps memory stick. Spend 20 minutes chasing one…