In response to Sibylle post “Why Curiosity Matters in Business” relating to the experience of curiosity in one’s childhood, I also can relate that as a child I enjoyed playing with my Lego blocks.
I remember that I loved to construct various mobile structure that looked like my versions of cars, trucks and even boats (with wheels on to move about). In a sense I was curious in wondering how I would move them around accordingly. I imagined driving them over and around various obstacles and my boats through stormy seas – and enjoying the experience of it!
Now that I am older, as a curious and aspiring coach entrepreneur, I have found that at times in wondering about my own coaching practice, I opened up to new possibilities of applying and practicing my coaching skills and being excited by it. Subsequently, as I embody my curiosity with empathy, it also brings forth an energy of caring with it.
Having adopted a golden life rule, once shared by an experienced coach, that people do not care about what you know … until they know that you care, I found that as such being caring also opens their own sense of inward curiosity and wonder regarding what they are about in a positive way!
So, can you be with the possibility that such is the power of curiosity and associated sense of wonder?
Love the photo Dirk! I have a friend who is a LegoSeriousPlay facilitator, it’s a fantastic process, so maybe it’s time to get the bricks out!