CURIOUS?

How can you bring curiosity to any challenges you encounter today, instead of judgement?

Why would you want to?

For all sorts of reasons that mean better outcomes for you and your work.

Bringing curiosity instead of judgement helps you manage any anxiety attached to a challenge.

It helps you stay grounded and optimistic about resolving the challenge, rather than feel threatened by it.

It’s essential for finding new ways — creative, innovative, groundbreaking, deeply satisfying ways — to conquer the challenge.

It helps you top up your resilience, motivation and optimism so you’re better equipped to meet challenges head on.

So how can you bring curiosity instead of judgement to challenges today?

Three simple words. “Isn’t that interesting?!”

“Isn’t that interesting?! I wonder what made him leave that project to the last minute?”

“Isn’t that interesting?! I wonder what’s caused the traffic snarl?”

“Isn’t that interesting?! I wonder why she said that, and if I understood her intention?”

In the seconds between encountering a challenge and making a judgement about it — in those moments when our thoughts and our emotions combine to create a story about the challenge that might or might not serve us — a practice of “Isn’t it interesting?!” can make all the difference to how you meet the challenge, and how you meet your life.

Try it today? I’d love to hear how you go!