Curious to Learn

“If you’re not growing, you’re dying.”

That’s a pretty strong statement. But it makes me stop and think about how easy it is to settle into what I already know.

Have you spent much time around a two-year-old? After “No!” one of their favorite words is usually “Why?” They want to understand everything. Why does that happen? How does it work? Why can’t we do it another way?

Yes, the questions can be exhausting. But they reveal something worth keeping: an appetite to learn and connect the dots.

Somewhere along the way, we can lose that curiosity. We become comfortable with familiar answers, established routines, and what we think we already understand.

What if we deliberately brought a little of that two-year-old curiosity back?

Take two minutes and write down ten questions you would genuinely like answered. They can be serious, practical, or simply fun. How do birds know when to migrate? Who decided the official size of a basketball? What would it take to improve something at work?

Then pick one and go looking for an answer. You might discover that the value lies as much in the questions as in what you learn.

What have you stopped asking “Why?” about—and what could you learn if you started again?

Your coach’s insight…simply put.

— Rory