Let curiosity be your guide
Greetings
I would like to think that being naturally curious has held me in good stead as I have navigated this ever changing world. There is the quote from futurist Alvin Toffler that is often bandied around: “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” I sincerely believe that being relentlessly curious helps us get to that place. In a way, this newsletter is a result of that.
Make Learning A Part Of Your Daily Routine “The learn-it-all will always do better than the know-it all.” - Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft
I try to live by putting one foot in front of the over, especially when times are tough. “…the best we can do is walk step by next intuitively right step until one day, pausing to catch our breath, we turn around and gasp at a path. If we have been lucky enough, if we have been willing enough to face the uncertainty, it is our own singular path, unplotted by our anxious younger selves, untrodden by anyone else.” Maria Popova from Carl Jung on How to Live and the Origin of “Do the Next Right Thing”
Don’t always get it right, but I am bit more deliberate with balancing my time to include rest. How To Rest Well.
Podcast episode that I recently listened to and enjoyed
I have had a cigar and a motorcycle column on Wanted Online for about 5 months now. My most recent cigar one is around Plasencia and latest motorcycle one is on BMW Motorrad’s R18.
Last week, the American writer, musician and producer Greg Tate. The level of influence that he had as a writer goes way beyond the US and even reached an aspiring writer in the small city of Maseru in Lesotho. Much has been written about his legacy from other writers who were also instrumental in influencing my writing. He was the writer’s writer, evidenced in Stonecoldboldness: A many-sided memorial to the writing of Greg Tate
“Solitary is a microcosm of the system, a prison inside a prison where we cage people deemed most expendable to our society. But they’re not expendable. They are not ‘bogeymen.’ They are profoundly human. They are being tortured. They are being silenced.
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Kojo