Original LinkedIn post:
“The opposite of curiosity is to be judgemental. Being judgemental means going into conversations and deciding you know everything… if you go through life like that, while everyone else is improving, learning and moving ahead – you’re just standing still.”
This line resonates after my conversation with Oliver Foo on Rebel Curiosities.
And if you’ve ever spent time with Oliver, you’ll realise that he walks the talk on this as well. I met Oliver at a coaching workshop and I find him to be a deeply reflective person with a sense of humour and wit. He listens with a quiet contemplation on what is said, while being able to empathetically bring up his point of view and perspectives.
#Curiosity is an enabler towards keeping an open mind, seeing different perspectives and letting go of the ego, the desire to lean on your experience to say “I know it all”.
And if you are a leader trying to drive #change – either in yourself or within an organisation – this may just be the critical difference from short-term enthusiasm to sustained permanent change over time.
Because curiosity will be that secret ingredient towards uncovering your “why”, the intrinsic motivation that will drive your habits towards change.
I break this down with Oliver in this episode, as we discuss the intricacies of human behaviours, and how predictably bad we are at change… and how he had to apply what he learnt in writing his recent best-selling book, Head to Heart to Habit.
Key moments:
- How his childhood formed his curiosity… specifically around observing his father
- What it was like switching from being a software engineer to a two-decades long career in sales and marketing
- Why having “experience” can actually sabotage us
- The single key question that we need to ask ourselves when making hard decisions
- His personal reason for writing the book, Head to Heart to Habit
- Addressing the myths of making behavioural changes (or… why is it so darn hard for us to change!)
- The secret model behind understanding why people behave the way they do (…or why you may not be happy at your job)
- What you can do if working with someone of opposing values to you
- His advice for addressing our fears of failure in driving change
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