Following Your Curiosity to Find Truth and Joy | Beth Collier

Have you ever wondered what makes deeply curious people so curious? Are they trying to discover some untold truth, are they looking for that dopamine rush of surprise, or are they compelled to answer the question, “Why is that?”

If you are curious about curiosity, you are going to love this conversation.

I wanted to better understand what makes a deeply curious mind tick, so I reached out to the author of the Curious Mind Substack newsletter, Beth Collier to learn more.

Beth is a communications expert and runs her own consulting firm, and it’s her writing that really caught my attention.

Every Friday she drops a new Substack post that is a masterclass in that topic. Beth makes the interesting fascinating, usually with more turns than Lombard Street in San Francisco, and always unearthing some new angle or fact that most people are learning for the first time.

In this conversation, she shares what she’s discovered and learned:

✨ Many of those quotes you see from famous people on LinkedIn, Twitter, and on PowerPoint slides: they didn’t say them

✨ Imposter Syndrome is a “garbage construct”

✨ Being curious requires you to have a mindset of being open to what you don’t know, which can be hard because our brain craves certainty

Each article is a journey into the unfolding story, that sometimes results in joy, and sometimes ends in disappointment. But the path she takes is always in pursuit of the truth.

The three things I learned from our conversation:
1. Those famous people you are quoting MAY have never said what you think they said.
2. Imposter Syndrome has its roots in a misogynist past that tried to explain why something should be based on what it has always been.
3. Curiosity is about trying to uncover the truth, and sometimes ends in joy and sometimes ends in disappointment.

In this episode, Beth answers the following questions:
- What does it mean to be curious?
- What is the real meaning of curiosity??
- What are the benefits of curiosity?
- How can I foster curiosity in myself?

Resources mentioned in the episode:
➡️Beth’s company: https://www.beth-collier.com/
➡️Beth’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethccollier/
➡️Beth’s Substack “Curious Minds”: https://bethcollier.substack.com/
➡️WDYKTBT Episode with Roger interviews his "rather be mudwrestling" mom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yootEWoVjyo&list=PLbWfh34FP_dUcAaCrI31z00_fLdphi6b7&index=19

Music in this episode by Ian Kastner.

"What Do You Know To Be True?" is a series of conversations where I speak with interesting people about their special talent or superhero power and the meaningful impact it has on others. The intention is to learn more about their experience with their superhero power, so that we can learn something about the special talent in each of us which allows us to connect more deeply with our purpose and achieve our potential.
 
For more info about the podcast or to check out more episodes, go to: https://whatdoyouknowtobetrue.com/ 

"What Do You Know To Be True?" is hosted by Roger Kastner, is a production of Three Blue Pens, and is recorded on the ancestral lands of the Duwamish and Suquamish people. To discover the ancestral lands of the indigenous people whose land you may be on, go to: https://native-land.ca/