Saturday, May 24, 2014

Being Curious


People are not exploiting the web enough and better. 

Those on web today, most of them if not all, need to understand that "Web is NOT just Facebook"

I have come across such ignorant bunch of engineering students, it makes me feel sad about their situation. Though I had been lucky enough to be associated with something, which provided me with a strong network and good exposure, but without curious attempts from my side, I would not have possibly done as much as I did (though it is minuscule, before where I see myself as).

You need no special talent (if you have it, that's an advantage) to be successful, 
Curiosity can do wonders for you too!


Why be Curious? 
  • You find out so many things around you. 
  • You are living in the age of internet, there is so much information to be consumed, how can you let it pass by without noticing it. 
  • What you are being shown by the media is not all true, you need to explore very deep, very far to know the truth, or perhaps the other perspective. 
  • When you know more, you can discuss more, and not sit like a mannequin when it comes to group discussions.
  • YOU WON'T MAKE A FOOL OUT OF YOURSELF, WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH.
  • Start being curious, you'll find more points to put in here :)

The unfortunate truth is that You Were Curious Once Upon A Time. That was the first and a very natural emotion you had as a baby. You were Curious about anything and everything, even things which could be dangerous, but that's how you realized they were dangerous. 

There is so much to learn, it would sound like an endorsement, but go make a Twitter account, follow some good handles there, consume information. 
Join Medium, read great stuff. Don't just watch songs, spoofs, trailers on YouTube, there are channels providing some very interesting videos. 
Yes, games like Flappy Bird, Candy Crush are very addictive, but try QuizUp once. 

Soon, you'll get the feeling of having more information to be consumed but lesser time. That, IMHO is a positive sign. But be careful, to be spending all that time in productive reading, listening or watching, else many have also been exploited by the web in curiosity of exploiting the web.

Feel free to reach out to me, I would love to share what I know from my little pool of experience. :) 

Not knowing is Not Bad, but Not Being Curious to Know What You Don't Know Is!