Here's an interesting question: How curious are you?
這里有一個有趣的問題：你好奇心重嗎？
As young children, we are endlessly curious about the world around us. We examine and explore everything.
在幼年時期，我們對周圍世界充滿了強烈的好奇心。在這個時期我們?nèi)ヌ剿髦車囊磺?/span>.
Creative professionals are insanely good at following their curiosity. They know what to look out for during the creative process. It's a skill you can master once you learn to respect your curiosity. Curiosity and creativity are never far apart. You need to be curious to identify problems worthsolving, and then come up with new solutions.
創(chuàng)造型的人極其善于遵循他們的好奇心.在創(chuàng)造過程，他們明確地知道在創(chuàng)造階段所需要的東西.一旦你學會正視自己的好奇心，你也可以掌握這種能力。創(chuàng)造力和好奇心總是密不可分的。你需要保持好奇心從而去判定這個問題是否值得解決，之后再找出解決辦法。
The importance of asking the right questions and following up with even more questions cannot be overemphasized when you want to solve difficult problems or to create something truly original. Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers.
提出正確的問題，甚至提出一些后續(xù)問題很重要，但是當你想要解決困難的問題或者創(chuàng)造一些新穎原創(chuàng)的東西時，這種重要性則不能被過度強調(diào)。提出正確的問題和給出正確的答案需要同樣的技巧。
A naturally curious mind takes interest in a wide range of subjects to find connections to help solve everyday problems. When you are open to new ideas, the more you are likely to follow your curiosities, and the more you will be able to connect new information and discoveries with what you already know.
天然地充滿好奇心的思維會通過尋找周圍各個事物的聯(lián)系來解決日常問題。當你面對一個新的事物，如果你越愿意遵循你的好奇心，那么你越能夠?qū)⑿碌男畔⒑桶l(fā)現(xiàn)與你已知的事物聯(lián)系起來。
Einstein once said he had no special talent but was rather passionately curious.
愛因斯坦曾經(jīng)說過自己并沒有什么特殊才能，只是有強烈的好奇心。
All children are curious about the world and how it works. But for most, their curiosity is satisfied by simple, concrete answers that allow them to move on to other thoughts and emotions. But gifted children, he adds, “may not be satisfied with simple answers. These children often have a need to delve deeper to satisfy their advanced awareness and heightened curiosity.
孩子們都對周遭的世界以及世界的運行充滿好奇。對于大多數(shù)孩子，當?shù)玫揭恍┖唵喂袒拇鸢笗r，他們就會停止對這件事物的好奇心，馬上就被其他新的事物和情緒所吸引。他又說：“但是對于一些有天賦的孩子，他們的好奇心是不會被簡單的答案所滿足，他們往往需要深入鉆研，以滿足他們的超前意識和好奇心?！?/span>
By nature children are curious, but as we grow up much of our inquisitiveness ebbs. Almost all children in their natural state ask lots of questions. That’s how they learn so much in the first five years of life. Part of what makes curiosity so valuable for our creativity is that it is a kind of “throwback” to childhood, before we had everything figured out and compartmentalized.
孩子們天性充滿好奇，但是隨著我們長大，我們的好奇心會逐漸衰退。幾乎所有孩子在幼年時期都會問很多問題。這就是為什么他們能在出生幾年內(nèi)學會如此多的東西的原因。在我們分析解決好一切之前，好奇心對于創(chuàng)造力如此重要的部分原因是：好奇心能讓我們回到類似體驗幼年時期對世界的不停探索的階段。
A classic example is Steve Jobs' curiosity for typefaces which led him to attend a seemingly useless class on typography and to develop his design sensibility. Later, this sensibility became an essential part of Apple computers and Apple's core differentiator in the marketplace. Creativity happens by making unexpected connections between existing ideas.
史蒂夫喬布斯對字體的探索可以作為一個經(jīng)典例子。他最初對字體感興趣于是便參加一個看似毫無用處的排版課程，然后發(fā)展了他的設(shè)計認知。之后，在市場上，這種設(shè)計認知成為蘋果電腦和蘋果公司的一個重要組成部分。創(chuàng)意來源于將兩個已有的想法以一種意想不到的方式進行結(jié)合。
So what do you need to do? To spark new levels of creativity in your work, studies or daily life, you need to observe things around you, practice mindfulness, and step outside your comfort zone.
那你需要做什么呢？為了能能在你的工作學習或日常生活中產(chǎn)生更新的創(chuàng)意創(chuàng)造，你需要仔細觀察周圍事物，全神貫注練習正在從事的事情，并且要跳出自己的舒適區(qū)。
Your insatiable drive to create, learn, invent, explore, and observe deserves to have the same status as every other drive in your life. Give yourself permission to wonder what could be possible and make even the slightest move in that direction to find answers. The path to deep knowledge in any field requires you to look for questions that inspire answers you can't possibly predict.
人們應(yīng)該像對待生活中的其他追求一樣對待對創(chuàng)造，學習，發(fā)明，探索以及觀察，要有無止盡的追求。給你自己定一個任務(wù)，去想想那些事情是有可能的，之后可以做一點點甚至很微小的嘗試，朝著你定的那個方向去找尋答案。在任何領(lǐng)域，對深層次知識的探尋的道路，都需要你探索那些答案不可能被你預(yù)測到的問題。
Curiosity has been a major factor behind many scientific and technological discoveries and the advancement of human development. Curiosity is a human drive. It's never too late to starting focusing on developing curiosity instincts. Begin practicing mindfulness and be conscious of your immediate surroundings. Be curious about things you usually ignore. Don't take ordinary things for granted.
對事物的好奇心是很多科學技術(shù)發(fā)現(xiàn)以及人類發(fā)展超前性背后的一個重要因素。好奇心對于人類是一個重要的推動力。我們隨時都可以開始專注對好奇心本能的培養(yǎng)。這需要做到開始全神貫注的練習，對你此刻所處的環(huán)境充滿好奇。并且要對你通常忽略的事物產(chǎn)生好奇心，不要固守成規(guī)。
Take time to observe and ask questions. Don't just read and learn about your field of education. Explore other industries. Following your curiosity can lead to the breakthrough ideas you have been waiting for as a creative professional. You can only harness and make the most of curiosity if you recognize and accept the need to make timefor it.
學會花時間去觀察并提出問題。不要局限于自己學習的相關(guān)領(lǐng)域，要不斷拓展到其他領(lǐng)域。遵從你內(nèi)心對事物的好奇，可能帶給你一直等待的突破和發(fā)現(xiàn)。只有識別并接受自己的好奇心并且在上面花時間和功夫，你才能夠控制和充分利用你的好奇心來完成未知的探索。
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