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How my Cat Teaches Me to be Curious

6/17/2014

 
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Has your cat or dog ever inspired you to be a better person, happier, or more creative? How about making you LAUGH?  Encouraging you to PLAY?

This is our cat Tiger, who inspired this question while sleeping in a box lid this morning...How does being in a box reflect getting outside of MY box? 

Last week I spoke to the San Francisco chapter of e-WomenNetwork on Growing Seeds of Creativity to Make your Business Bloom. One of the three secrets  I shared to growing a thriving business was to be open to NEW experiences, stay CURIOUS, and BREAK OUT of routines.

Cats are known for being curious. They poke their noses into new places. They look for new places to sleep and hide.  They explore the neighborhood at night.  They bat at unidentified flying objects.

How do you stay curious and try new things in your life and work?

(Here’s what the Thesaurus says about curious: inquisitive, inquiring, snooping, interested, questioning, probing, nosy, and prying). The opposite of curious is apathetic!

Here are a few ways I have tried to be CURIOUS.

Please add your CURIOUS about NEW Things tips to the list.
  • ·         Ask my parents questions about their lives
  • ·         Try new foods and recipes
  • ·         Talk to people I don’t know and am drawn to in a store or at a social gathering
  • ·         Follow hunches
  • ·         Explore what has meaning in my every day choices
  • ·         Intuitive painting
  • ·         Follow my natural rhythms for a whole day
  • ·         Play the piano without music
  • ·         Listen to a new musical artist
  • ·         Watch a different kind of movie
  • ·         Read a new publication

Let’s grow our list and watch our creativity inspire a blooming life and business.


Diantha link
6/17/2014 10:46:56 am

Great post Carol and all so true! My pets teach me a lot! Love your list of things to do to encourage our curiosity! Personally I could use a little less of that these days as I am trying TOO many different things and finding my time too fractured. BUT, I am having a blast! xo

deb
4/27/2015 04:33:49 am

Delighted to see Tiger Boy 'owning' the box. Pets also teach us to live in the moment through our curiosity. Such as, the magic of warmth found in a cozy resting place or to explore that sound or movement just beyond the fence line. Discovery and reflection are the rewards of a curious nature.


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