ENGAGING YOUR CHILDHOOD CURIOSITY

WHY IT IS IMPORTANT

Today is brimming with new opportunities, and I hope you latch on to the promise of a good day. The feedback from our last publication was good and if you think our last publication was good, today has something better.

You have revived your childish curiosity, now is the time to engage it. Remember that this Newsletter aims to get the mind functioning and fired up till we get the best of critical thinking. So, it is a journey and we are taking it one step after the other

To make the destination clear, let me share a brief story of an investment icon I recently discovered. His name is Naval Ravikant. Naval Ravikant is an Indian-American entrepreneur and investor. He has invested early-stage in over 200 companies including Uber, Twitter, and Clubhouse. 

When asked the secret behind his successful early-stage investments, he narrowed it down to critical thinking and good judgment.

Here is what Tim Ferriss has to say about Naval;

“Naval is one of the smartest people I’ve ever met, and he’s also one of the most courageous. Not in the ‘run into the fire without thinking twice’ sense, but in the ‘think twice and then tell everyone they’re focusing on the wrong fire’ sense. —Tim Ferriss.

The destination is to get the best of critical thinking. The goal is to make precise judgment calls. This is good for business, investment and politics.

Here is what I found glaring about Naval; he prioritizes good judgment. As the world moves closer to the creator economy, you need critical thinking and good judgment to be accurate in decision making. To get things right, childish curiosity is integral to good judgment.

Yes, it is ironic to think childish curiosity aids critical thinking. But you will find that it is indispensable. You will need the childish curiosity to be fluid in a creator economy. A creator economy relies on leverage. A creator economy is an economy that rewards creativity.

Here is what Naval has to say;

“In an age of leverage, one decision can win everything.”

 —Naval Ravikant.

Here is what Naval has to say about clear thinking;

 “The really smart thinkers are clear thinkers. They understand the basics at a very, very fundamental level… If you can’t rederive concepts from the basics as you need them, you’re lost. You’re just memorizing.” 

—Naval Ravikant.

The childish curiosity fosters learning. The adult in us wants to hang on to the complex stuff. But the complex is useless without the basic. The fundamental is the foundation. It is telling that many adults want to run businesses but they have not understood the basics of supply and demand. Don’t rush into the complex, learn at a fundamental level.

Finally, love to read. Maybe it should come first, maybe it should not, but love to read.

“The genuine love for reading itself, when cultivated, is a superpower. We live in the age of Alexandria when every book and every piece of knowledge ever written down is a fingertip away. The means of learning are abundant—it’s the desire to learn that is scarce.”

“Read what you love until you love to read.”

—Naval Ravikant.

There is no shortcut, you have to go and search. You have to read. Every work can be improved by reading. Read, read and read again.

“The journey of a lifetime starts with the turning of a page.”

—Rachel Auder.

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1. References

Wikipedia- Naval Ravikant.

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant - Eric Jorgenson.