Values Quotes – Albert Einstein on Curiosity
Today’s quote is from Albert Einstein, the father of modern physics and the most influential physicist of the 20th century.
Most people consider Einstein to be a genius. And yet he made an insightful personal observation, where he said:
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
There is both humility and hope in that statement. Brilliance is not necessarily achieved by talent alone. It starts with curiosity.
As a differentiating value, Curiosity means inquisitiveness; or eager to investigate and learn more.
For some, curiosity comes naturally. It just needs to be fostered. For others, fear holds them back from being inquisitive. Maybe you know the old saying “curiosity killed the cat.” That sort of statement only feeds the fear that prevents real learning and growing.
But when you encourage a curious mind, like Einstein, you feed the hunger to explore the unknown and test new theories. That’s what leads to mastering any subject and becoming known as an expert.
So what about you?
Are you passionately curious? Have you found a way to create a compounding effect with your curiosity, taking one insight and building it into another one? If so, you have the potential to excel to greatness, and change the world – like Einstein did.
And if you like formulas for success, consider a new way of using Einstein’s famous equation of e=mc2 which is: Excellence = Mastery x Curiosity2.
There is power in curiosity!
Today’s value was selected from the “Knowledge-Skillfulness” category, based on the e-book Developing Your Differentiating Values.
