Mike's

10 Ways
to Stay Curious
Always challenge Focus on What
what you see and hear Fascinates You
This is the hardest step because it is If you literally question everything
so easy to accept things the way you won’t have time to live. So focus
they are. But why is that? For on the things that fascinate you. For
example: if you don’t know how the example: I’m fascinated by design,
device you are reading this on unusual shapes and the quirks of
displays type and images, go find human nature. Therefore I tend to
out… really dive into these things. It’s also
why my Instagram feed tends to
have images of a lot of this stuff

Try Something Learn How to

New Ask Good Questions
A reasonable starting goal might be “Why” and “How” are simple starting
to try to learn something new or questions, but think of questions that
taste a new food once a week. But go a bit deeper. For example: “What
once you get into this curiosity thing, causes the sky to be red in the
aim for one new experience per day. morning before bad weather
It really stimulates your brain. arrives?”

Ask People not Become Perceptually

Google Curious
Yes you can get answers to anything Instead of just finding intellectual
on the web, but what you read there answers to your questions, look for
will not stick with you the same way physical experiences. Ever wonder
a conversation with a real person how something is made? Find a way
will. The in-person query can also to make it yourself or volunteer to
lead to unexpected places - help someone who knows how.
something a web search seldom
does - or at least in a surprising and
interesting way.

Vanquish Boredom Be Conscientious

The act of being bored simply means That’s right, work hard and stay on
you’re not paying real attention to task to ensure you get each task
the world around you. For example: done in a way you’d want, to be
even waiting in the doctors office is proud of your work. Some research
full of opportunity to catch indicates the conscientious among
interesting snippets of conversation, us are more likely to be curious and
hear words you can later research or more likely to be successful.
even to browse a magazine you
would otherwise have no other
reason to look at. All of this is great
fodder for curiosity.

Get Some Exercise 10 Stay Vigilant

The connection between a healthy It’s easy to let things slide; let the
body and an active mind is well- curiosity flame dim. The danger is
documented. The difference with that this is a slippery slope and
curiosity is that during a strenuous before you know it, you’re drifting
walk or time at the gym you can let through life with a ho-hum attitude.
your mind wander, alight on a topic This is deadly for your curiosity and
and give it some deeper thought. it becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy
Turn it over in your mind while the where you lack the very thing that
body is otherwise occupied. can get you back on track - curiosity!
SOURCE: SKILLS 103x Problem-Solving & Critical Thinking
DEVELOPED BY: Mike Johansson, Rochester Institute of Technology , School of Communication for edX