Curiosity: The Engine of Growth and Discovery

/ Victor Ojei
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What are you curious about?

What is curiosity?

Curiosity is a natural emotional state that leads people to seek new information and experiences. Curiosity is one of the most powerful forces that drives human progress. It is the inner desire to learn, explore, and understand the world around us. From childhood to adulthood, curiosity fuels our creativity, innovation, and development. It’s what makes us ask questions, challenge the norm, or seek answers beyond what we already know.

In my article “Think like a child, reason like a man” I examined how curiosity slowly fade away in adulthood, because as one gets older, one slowly begins to believe they know it all, leaving little room for wonder, and creativity. Read more

How can one stay curious?

  • One should ask questions about things they don’t understand.
  • Read widely about new topics, even if they seem different from what one is used to.
  • Try new experiences, travel, learn a new skill, or talk to people with different backgrounds.
  • Stay humble; one should accept that they don’t know everything and it’s okay.

The importance of curiosity

  • It Helps One Learn: Curious individuals want to know more, so they read, ask questions, and try things out. This helps one grow and become smarter over time.
  • It Sparks New Ideas: Many great inventions and discoveries started with curiosity. When we wonder “what if” or “how,” we often come up with creative ideas.
  • It Builds Understanding: Curiosity helps one understand other people better. If we are curious about other’s lives and cultures, we become more kind and open-minded.
  • It Solves Problems: Curious people look deeper into problems and try to find better solutions. They don’t just accept things as they are.

©️Victor E. Ojei, 2025.

10 thoughts on “Curiosity: The Engine of Growth and Discovery”

  2. I have really been delving into my country’s history lately- not the version we are taught by the government, but the real history of the people as they lived it- and it has sparked areas of curiosity I never even knew I had! Nicely put together article, Victor.

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  5. I have never stopped asking and learning. Probably that may be the reason that I get along with children, even at nearly sixty. I always trying my best to answer questions children ask, probably in me lives their own kind who is ever curious. Sometimes, though, something can keep coming back to me again and again, and I never get satisfied with the answers that maybe apparent. For instance what goes in the mind of dictators like Putin. Right now I asking, having put down many of his opponents and invaded Ukraine, will he have peace or contentment? Does he ever pause to ask whether he will go to the next life with power and wealth. Ostensibly, the pharaohs thought so, and we’re buried with all kinds of stuff, including their servants but the archeologists have found their bodies and stuff deep under the desert sand. It all came to a dead end.

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    • Thoughts provoking. To caress your curiosity a bit, I will like to bring your attention to the fact that a dictator is just a face, the real power is in the hands of the people around him/her. A leader reflects the value and the qualities of its people, and vice-versa. It’s a system with precise goals, and obligations. What differentiate a dictator from a non dictator is their methods towards achieving and preserving that said goals.

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