To close out the 10-part Curiosity interview series, the first on KEW, I reflect on the 9 interesting people I got to talk to. I asked everyone what role Curiosity had played in their lives and how it helped get them to where they are today. I am grateful and…
Tag: Knowledge + Experience = Wisdom
KEW Episode 66: Clarity
Remember that time when everything seemed perfectly clear? Yeah, me neither. But once in awhile things DO seem clear. And it feels good. There’s no doubt (Episode 28) and things just make sense. Though these moments are fleeting, I think we can learn to maximize the amount of clarity we…
KEW Episode 65: How Do We Know if We Really Know What We Think We Know?
To some, this is a ridiculous question steeped in pointless naval gazing. To others, it’s a comedic take on people who ask the ‘big questions’. To others this is a reasonable assessment of what we want to understand. To me, it’s all three at the same time. And maybe that’s…
Preview KEW Episode 65: How Do We Know if We Really Know What We Think We Know?
I’m not sure where I heard this phrase but I always thought it had a nice balance of being both funny and thought provoking. Like, many a truth comes out in jest. It sounds like I’m kidding, but this is a serious question. How do we ever ‘know’ anything? Go…
FLASHBACK! KEW Curiosity Interview Series 9: Marcas Hemmila
In the 9th installment of my Curiosity interview series I talked with Mindset Architect, Marcas Hemmila. You can find out about his multiple YouTube channels, podcast, blogs, and consulting at his Linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/discoverignite/ He’s been through a lot, learned a lot, and has a lot to say about the…
KEW Episode 64: The Forest for the Trees
I’m using the Forest for the Trees metaphor to suggest that humans have become exceptionally myopic. The only reason I know what myopic means is because after defending my Master’s Thesis a professor proclaimed that I was very myopic – meaning I had a terribly narrow view of the question…
Preview KEW Episode 64: The Forest for the Trees
I love the ‘forest for the trees’ metaphor because it describes a fundamental facet of human nature. Most of the time we tend to be myopic, only seeing what is right in front of us. For whatever reasons, our species is great at believing what our eyes see. Our ‘field…
FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 47: Changing Behavior Changes Beliefs
For years I was stuck trying to THINK my way into changing my behaviors, beliefs, habits, actions. Not that I was all that bad or needed massive changes, but there were things I wanted to be different. I would get anxious a lot. I would get defensive sometimes. I would…
FLASHBACK! KEW Curiosity Interview Series 8: Bernhard Kutzler
I was so happy to meet Bernhard Kutzler. I told him we were kindred spirits because we were asking such similar questions. He agreed. He also agreed to interview with me to discuss Curiosity. My first thoughts about Bernhard were why no one else has heard of him. I still…
KEW Episode 62: Change (cont)
Apparently I didn’t say quite enough about change in last weeks’ Episode 62: Change is Hard, but Resisting Change is WRONG! because when I say down to record this weeks’ Episode I just kept talking about CHANGE. Change. It’s the one thing we can count on. Since the Big Bang,…