Choose to be Curious

Ep. #295: Cultivating Curiosity: Move, Think, Rest, with Natalie Nixon

Sep 4, 2025
Creativity strategist Natalie Nixon, the CEO of Figure Eight Thinking and author of Move, Think, Rest, dives into productivity reimagined. She discusses the importance of joyful movement and strategic pauses to enhance creativity. Her innovative MTR framework—Move, Think, Rest—links physical activity, deep thinking, and rest as essential components of curiosity. She also introduces her 66-day challenge, emphasizing the value of community and playful analogies in exploring curiosity. It's a thought-provoking conversation on nurturing our creative instincts!
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INSIGHT

Balance Chaos And Order

  • Creativity thrives by balancing chaos and order rather than eliminating uncertainty.
  • Natalie Nixon frames creativity as toggling between wonder and rigor to solve problems.
ANECDOTE

Dance And Open Water Changed Her Practice

  • Natalie describes learning dance from age four and how following in ballroom changed her leadership style.
  • She also recounts discovering open water swimming in 2023 and how it moved her from worry into joyful embodiment.
INSIGHT

Curiosity Beats Certainty Training

  • U.S. education trains certainty over curiosity, which reduces comfort with ambiguity.
  • Natalie argues we must fall in love with process and asking questions to reclaim curiosity.
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