00:00:00: Introduction
00:01:56: The good thing about curiosity osmosis
00:03:32: Thought for motion 1: the random act of curiosity
00:04:28: Thought for motion 2: month-to-month curious profession conversations
00:05:47: Go-to guru
00:06:00: Related podcast episode
00:06:08: Last ideas
Helen Tupper: Hello, I am Helen.
Sarah Ellis: And I am Sarah.
Helen Tupper: And also you’re listening to the Squiggly Careers podcast. And this episode is a part of our Squiggly Abilities Dash collection, the place we have recorded 20 episodes, every of them are lower than seven minutes lengthy, that can assist you construct some profession improvement momentum. In every episode, Sarah and I are going to speak a couple of Squiggly Talent, what it’s and why it issues, we will share an thought for motion from every of us, provide you with a go-to guru and a podcast episode so that you could pay attention and study a bit extra. And we actually, really need you to show this Squiggly Abilities Dash into your individual studying streak. And for anybody who lets us understand how they’re getting on and who completes the 20-day streak, we won’t show that, so we belief you, however should you tag us that you have carried out the dash, you have accomplished the streak, then what we are going to do is we’ll get in contact with you and we are going to invite you to a free 5 Abilities to Succeed digital workshop that Sarah and I are going to be operating in September, so we will help you dive even deeper into the world of Squiggly Careers. All you have to do is tag @amazingif in any of your social posts, after which we’ll be in contact.
Sarah Ellis: So on this abilities dash, we’re speaking about one among my favorite subjects, curiosity. And I’ll begin with the good Ken Robinson, who mentioned, “Curiosity is the engine of accomplishment”. And I believe connecting the dots between curiosity and achievement is one thing that may actually assist us in organisations, as a result of usually it’d really feel like a nice-to-do, or usually I do hear individuals say, “Nicely, I have never bought time for curiosity”, or, “It needs to be outdoors of the day job”, and I believe we ought to be including curiosity into our day jobs reasonably than seeing it as one thing separate. As a result of we all know that once we’re extra curious and once we’re gathering a number of dots, it does imply we will join dots in new methods. In order that’s once we spark new pondering, spot new alternatives. And I do not suppose we achieve our Squiggly Careers by doing issues in the identical manner and the best way that we have carried out issues earlier than, as a result of in any other case you get a bit siloed and head within the sand and caught in your lane, and it is very easy for that to occur. One in all my favorite interview inquiries to ask is, “How do you keep curious in your job at this time?” and so usually that’s the query that stumps individuals the place individuals get a bit caught as a result of they abruptly realise, “Oh, I have been doing my day job, I am working actually exhausting at that, however truly, perhaps I’ve misplaced that curiosity”, as a result of we simply get very targeted on duties and getting jobs carried out. That is very comprehensible, however I believe we miss out on being as good as we could possibly be if we do not keep curious.
Helen Tupper: I’m that individual. I like curiosity, and I see the worth of my influence is significantly better and my enter once I’ve been curious, however I virtually must generally remind myself to do it, which can lead into my thought for motion a minute; whereas I believe you do not have to remind your self, it is a part of who you might be and the way you’re employed, it is simply your pure factor. And so, I’ve discovered it useful in my profession to have you ever in my profession. Does that make sense? I imply, in a number of methods, clearly, usually I’ve discovered it very useful to have you ever!
Sarah Ellis: Thanks!
Helen Tupper: However particularly on the subject of curiosity, as a result of I will borrow from you, since you’ll simply share one thing and I will be like, “Oh, that is helpful”; but additionally, simply being conscious that you simply’re doing it form of makes me extra conscious that I am not, and I’ve discovered that very helpful.
Sarah Ellis: Yeah, I do suppose that is normal level. It is not both of our concepts for motion, however I believe, for instance, my youngest sister is far more curious than I’m. And so, the identical factor occurs, like curiosity osmosis. So, discover that individual who’re like, they appear to have the ability to — they’re all the time doing one thing attention-grabbing or studying one thing. My sister already this week has despatched me a screenshot of an extract from a guide the place she’s like, “This feels Squiggly”, and I am like, “Okay, so what are you studying?” After which, once more, such as you say, it partly reminds you, but additionally you simply get new stimulus. So what’s your thought for motion right here?
Helen Tupper: Mine is the random act of curiosity, as a result of I believe I fall into generally routine acts of curiosity. So, I’ll have a look at the identical web sites for my insights and I will use the identical apps for my info. And the factor that actually helps me is once I shake it up a little bit bit and I’m going a bit extra random and I’m going, “Oh, okay, effectively, what are you studying?” I will suppose, “Oh, I’ve truly by no means been to an occasion with that”. Or like not too long ago, I used to be happening masterclass.com and I watched a course all about jazz composition. Now, I am unable to play music and I occur to love jazz music, however I used to be pondering, “That inventive strategy of how jazz occurs, I ponder if I might study one thing in that that could possibly be helpful”. I believe with the random act of curiosity, it does not all the time must be helpful. That is the factor, you are taking the strain off, you are simply deliberately placing your mind in a distinct place and letting your mind do the exhausting give you the results you want, just like the gathering; your mind will do the connecting, you have simply bought to do the gathering and never constrain your self an excessive amount of about what that info is or the place it comes from.
Sarah Ellis: My thought for Motion is to have one curious profession dialog each month. So, I simply discover if in my diary I am not spending time constructing relationships past those that I must do my day job, I am limiting my studying. And it all the time feels exhausting to generally say sure to these conversations as a result of they by no means really feel like a form of apparent precedence. You are not progressing a objective or an goal that you’ve written down someplace by having that dialog, however I all the time be certain I make area for at the least one. And I spot in my diary, I virtually label them, “Oh that is my curious profession dialog for this month”. And generally I might need two, however I attempt to by no means have none, as a result of then I simply discover that, once more to Helen’s level, in any other case you get a bit too routine and you are not getting new stimulus. If I am being actually sincere, generally I will see these conversations in my diary and suppose, “I have never bought time for that”, however I’ve by no means as soon as regretted a curious profession dialog. And I name them curious profession conversations, however I believe you may simply name them curious conversations. I am not chatting to any individual about their job essentially, I am actually simply getting a window into their world, being intrigued, being , and simply seeing what I’ve bought to study. And I believe it has two advantages. You develop your profession group, however you simply all the time study one thing new.
Helen Tupper: Yeah, completely agree. The vitality that I get from these conversations is all the time definitely worth the effort. So, our go-to guru on this subject is Sarah Stein Greenberg, who wrote the guide, Inventive Acts for Curious Individuals. It is a actually, actually good guide to learn. It is form of like a lightweight guide to learn, like you possibly can flick in and flick out of it, however there’s a lot in it.
Sarah Ellis: And if you would like to take heed to Sarah in motion, you possibly can hear her speak to me in episode 249.
Helen Tupper: Sarah occasions Sarah!
Sarah Ellis: Yeah.
Helen Tupper: Thanks for listening to this Abilities Dash, we hope you discovered it helpful. We’d love so that you can subscribe so you do not miss any of the dash episodes on this collection, and in addition to tell us how you might be getting on, tagging us in your posts. However that’s all for this episode, so bye for now.
Sarah Ellis: Bye everybody.
