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Curiosity Is A Superpower

Mark Thompson
2 min readDec 24, 2024

Do You Remember Asking Endless Questions as a Child?

Think back to when you were a kid-how you constantly peppered your parents with questions:

  • Why is the sky blue?
  • Where do onions come from?
  • Why aren’t there more orange cars?
  • Why can’t I see my own eyes?

You were a curiosity machine, always searching for answers. But somewhere along the way, that natural inquisitiveness started to fade.

Why did we stop asking so many questions?

Curiosity Is a Superpower

Inside all of us lives a little spark a worm, if you will.

This worm stirs to life when we encounter something fascinating.

Its name?

Curiosity.

The more we feed it, the stronger it grows. And the stronger it grows, the easier it becomes to unlock our goals and dreams.

But, like your body, if you feed your curiosity junk, it suffers.

Stop Feeding the Worm Junk

If your mental diet is full of shallow, unhelpful content, you’re starving your curiosity. Here’s what to cut:

  • Content that adds no value to your…

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Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson

Written by Mark Thompson

Veteran Content Marketer, Keeping it Simple and Sharing What Works in my regular newsletter: https://substack.com/@simpleisprofit

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