Posts Tagged ‘decision making’
ACLR: How Do You Judge A Person?
Welcome back to Applied Curiosity Lab Radio. Sorry about the audio, but don’t let that stop you from chomping on this Curiosity Bite: How Do You Judge a Person? If you had to judge someone by their face, but were unable to determine their sex, gender, race, or nationality what would you use to judge the person? What’s the first thing that comes to mind?
Read MoreACLR: What Life Skills are Extremely Useful but Rarely Taught?
Welcome to ACLR you relentlessly curious adventurer. In this episode we’re chomping on the Curiosity Bite that explores life skills. What life skill have you been meaning to learn? What life skill do you have that most people don’t have? How do you measure these skills? Listen & chomp with us.
Read MoreACLR: Do You Have the Right to Know How and Why Decisions are Made for You?
Welcome back to ACLR where we chomp on the Curiosity Bite that explores how much control we have over the decisions we seem to make. If you found out how many decisions are made for you could you handle the truth? Do you have the right to know? Would you want to know? What would you do with a copy of the Wicked Bible?
Read MoreACLR: What’s the Difference Between A Great Opportunity and a Warning Sign?
Welcome back to ACLR. What do you see as a warning sign that others may see as an opportunity? What do you see as an opportunity that others may see as a warning sign? When you think about opportunity, what comes to mind? Investments? Adventures? Relationships? These are some of the Curiosity Bite related questions we dissect, discuss, and debate.
Read MoreHow to Use Curiosity to Predict the Future
When do you have to predict the future? I’m not talking about the kind of tiny and important predictions we make every day like predicting whether we will get hit by a car if we cross a highway during rush hour, or whether our amorous proposals will be accepted or rejected. I’m talking about seemingly more complicated predictions. Perhaps you’re planning for an adventurous life change or launching a new venture or product. How do you personally consider what might happen?
Read More5 Lubricants for The Age of Curiosity
It is dangerous not to see now as the urgent time to usher in the Age of Curiosity. Just ask the hilariously brilliant Amy Schumer. WTH does Amy have anything to do with curiosity? Great! You’re curious.
If you skip all these words of foreplay and jump right down to the bullet points (like we all do–so busy we are!), you’ll make the case for curiosity in that one action alone. If not, here’s your case for curiosity now:
Read More5 Phrases That Are Killing Curiosity
I knew something horrible had happened. The sound scared me before I felt anything more than a weird sensation. Immediately the intense sympathy I could never quite muster for people complaining of backaches came rushing in with the pain.
The culprit was one of those huge tractor tires in a torturous bootcamp exercise class. As per instructions, I was flipping it over and over. If I had been paid to do it, I would have refused on the principle that it was workplace endangerment. In this case, I was actually paying real money to do this.
Read MoreUse Curiosity to Avoid This Trap
“I would love to see the statistics of domestic violence in the NFL versus the general population.”
“What do you mean by statistics?”
“Well, I mean the reported rates. I bet the reported rates are a lot higher in the NFL than in the general population.”
“Really? What would that mean?”
Could it mean that:
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