The Inner Frontier with Jonny Miller Chasing Curiosity as a Career Path with Anna Starkey
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Jul 2, 2019 AI Snips
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Childhood Dream Of Space And Windmills
- Anna Starkey loved windmills and space as a child and drew windmills obsessively.
- She regularly dreamed of space vehicles and wanted to be an astronaut from a very young age.
Zigzag Career Fueled By Mentors
- Anna describes a zigzag career where she often had no idea how to do new jobs when she started them.
- She credits generous mentors and her curiosity for enabling those transitions and removing fear.
Diversive Vs Epistemic Curiosity
- Curiosity comes in types: diversive (short-lived) and epistemic (deep, knowledge-generating).
- Epistemic curiosity drives paradigm shifts and must be practiced to produce deep understanding.