October 4, 2025

Curiosity is worthless without honesty

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Being curious is a fantastic trait to have, but it only works if you’re being honestly curious. Too many times, people feign curiosity to appear nice but have no interest in hearing a contrarian point of view.

In her excellent book “I Never Thought of It That Way“, Monica Guzman put it succinctly perfect:

“Curiosity is worthless without honesty.“

Be curious, but be honest and be willing to change your mind. You probably won’t very often, but if you never do that’s quite a big problem.

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