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Issue 88
By Master Coach Ginger Cockerham
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The Value of Curiosity
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"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things,
because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."
Walt Disney
We are all born with an insatiable curiosity about our wonderful world. Along the way, life's busyness can capture our thoughts and steal away our curiosity. I loved this story in the latest Fast Company magazine about a man who looked at an ordinary life event from a whole new perspective.
Henk Verweijmeren was curious as he watched a flock of sheep warming themselves on a stretch of highway in Scotland. His curiosity led to experimenting and then to application of a new source of power. He was inspired to create the company Invisible Heating Systems, with the intention of turning every stretch of highway into a solar cell. Cool water pumped through a grid of pipes beneath a road is warmed by the sun and produces hot water.This hot water melts snow on roads, on runways, and even fills hot water heaters. Verweijmeren says, “In Holland the government determined that if only 15% of the motorways were paved with this, it would produce more energy than all the utilities in that country combined.”
Wow! Verweijmeren's curiosity inspired a fabulous new energy source by using a simple natural phenomenon of taking solar power out of our roadways. What new doors could open for you if you took more time to be curious?
Curiosity = questioning = experimenting = application = innovation
Are you curious about the world around you?
Do you question and experiment regularly?
Do you take chances by opening new doors in your life and business?
Are you an innovator in your own company?
Fast Company Magazine
March 2007, The Fast 50
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Previous Issues:
- Rejuvenate (#87)
- Experiencing Miracles (#86)
- Meeting the Challenges (#85)
- What If It's Possible (#84)
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