Are you familiar with the term 'blissful ignorance'? The theme of this article is to help you escape the void that is blissful ignorance.
I'm reminded of a quote that goes like this: "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
" The intention here is not to promote higher learning or some other educational pursuit.
I do want to get you into the habit of never settling for not knowing something that could help your pursuit of success.
What I want you to do here is to think of someone you admire.
What questions would you ask them if you had the chance?Are they personal questions, success related questions, both, or neither? The reason I ask these question of you is that it has a lot of bearing on how you interact with other successful people.
It's said that if we want to become successful, we should model ourselves after other successful people.
Sometimes we know how they did it and sometimes we don't.
This is where curiosity and questions enter the picture.
Being alright with asking questions starts with being curious.
Curiosity has always been a fundamental part of the development of civilization.
Modern technology would not exist if someone way back when did not ask 'How?' or 'Why?' Curiosity and the questions that spring from it are a part of what makes us human! It's how we direct this curiosity and express our questions that affect how successful we can become! Do you think it's true that sometimes we don't know what we don't know? Of course! For example, you knew that success was available to you.
What you may not have known is what is involved in becoming successful, including how real it can be for you! Your quest for success had to start with some simple curiosity about how it worked, or maybe why it works for some people and not for others.
Now, you must take your curiosity to the next level by filling those holes in your base of knowledge.
Those holes that remain can be filled as long as you are open to learning.
One of the most common ways to learn is to simply ask questions.
It sounds so simple yet still escapes many people, who prefer to embrace the unknown and are content where they are.
This 'blissful ignorance' is not life threatening but is also not a formula for success.
You need to be able to and comfortable with asking questions to reach the greatest amount of success.
I'm reminded of a quote that goes like this: "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
" The intention here is not to promote higher learning or some other educational pursuit.
I do want to get you into the habit of never settling for not knowing something that could help your pursuit of success.
What I want you to do here is to think of someone you admire.
What questions would you ask them if you had the chance?Are they personal questions, success related questions, both, or neither? The reason I ask these question of you is that it has a lot of bearing on how you interact with other successful people.
It's said that if we want to become successful, we should model ourselves after other successful people.
Sometimes we know how they did it and sometimes we don't.
This is where curiosity and questions enter the picture.
Being alright with asking questions starts with being curious.
Curiosity has always been a fundamental part of the development of civilization.
Modern technology would not exist if someone way back when did not ask 'How?' or 'Why?' Curiosity and the questions that spring from it are a part of what makes us human! It's how we direct this curiosity and express our questions that affect how successful we can become! Do you think it's true that sometimes we don't know what we don't know? Of course! For example, you knew that success was available to you.
What you may not have known is what is involved in becoming successful, including how real it can be for you! Your quest for success had to start with some simple curiosity about how it worked, or maybe why it works for some people and not for others.
Now, you must take your curiosity to the next level by filling those holes in your base of knowledge.
Those holes that remain can be filled as long as you are open to learning.
One of the most common ways to learn is to simply ask questions.
It sounds so simple yet still escapes many people, who prefer to embrace the unknown and are content where they are.
This 'blissful ignorance' is not life threatening but is also not a formula for success.
You need to be able to and comfortable with asking questions to reach the greatest amount of success.
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