“Guys have underestimated me my entire life and for years I never understood why – it used to really bother me. Then one day, I was driving my little boy to school, and I saw a quote by Walt Whitman, it was painted on the wall there and it said, ‘Be curious, not judgmental.’ I like that. So, I get back in my car and I’m driving to work and all of a sudden, it hits me – all them fellas that used to belittle me, not a single one of them was curious. You know, they thought they have everything all figured out, so they judged everything and they judged everyone. And I realized that their underestimating me – who I was had nothing to do with it. Because if they were curious, they would’ve asked questions…”
Quote from the TV Series Ted Lasso
REFLECTION:
- Are you curious?
- Do you pass judgment when being curious might serve you better?
- Ask some questions today… be curious.