Our willingness to ask questions peak at about 4 years old, and then we ask less and less questions as we get older. We stop questioning the world around us and simply accept it. All but the exceptional few, who instead set out to shape the world around them, by staying forever curious and asking a lot of questions.
Have you ever found yourself facing a problem or challenge and feeling stuck on how to solve it? As it turns out, one of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal is the ability to ask the right questions.
Have you ever noticed how we can think calmly and logically when a friend comes to us with a problem? But when it comes to thinking through our own issues, it's always much more complicated, and the solution is anything but obvious.
If you are starting to get a few years under your belt, you will know exactly what we are talking about. Each decade seems to go by a little quicker than the last. At first it sneaks up on you a little bit.
With around 7 billion people in the world, each as unique as their fingerprint, in many ways we are also very similar. Nobody makes it through life without a few scars.
I remember a time as a young man working under the bonnet of my pride and joy, a Ford Anglia which I picked up for a whopping $360. It was one of those cars where for every hour I spent driving it, I spent 2 hours fixing it, but I loved it just the same.
Have you ever seen someone do something heroic, or generous, or kind, and somebody comments “the world could use a lot more of that”?
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