Surely, the act of thinking - pausing, reflecting, considering, probing - is the most critical one in propagating curious behavior that is worthy of our time.

Curious action without curious thought is aimless. But curious thought in itself without curious action is fruitless. In fact, you could say practicing curious thinking, while critical, is not pushing us towards that aspect of curiosity that is so distinct and so revered - bravery.

Curiosity extends beyond digging deeper into one topic you’re exploring. It’s about bringing disparate, disconnected pieces of information together and thinking about what story they might tell. It’s learning about the context of history. It’s about questioning who the ‘bad guys’ and ‘good guys’ really are. Too often we pigeonhole learning, and limit its potential to not just transform the outcomes we regardless must reach, but in the ability to transform our thinking.

As Michelle and I discussed on the show, we are complex and contradictory creatures and that will never change. So perhaps what is changing is our desire to understand that better. To showcase that ‘humanness’ to others. As Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” That is surely what drives a lot of us into professions where we are paid to examine life and the living.