Turn it On Curiosity and Drive

People can help you in many ways throughout life, but there are two things nobody can give you: curiosity and drive. They must be self-supplied.

If you are not interested and curious, all the information in the world can be at your fingertips, but it will be relatively useless. If you are not motivated and driven, whatever connections or opportunities are available to you will be rendered inert.

Now, you won’t feel curious and driven about every area of life, and that’s fine. But it definitely pays to find something that lights you up. This is one of the primary quests of life: to find the thing that ignites your curiosity and drive.

There are many recipes for success. There is no single way to win. But nearly all recipes include two ingredients: curiosity and drive.
-James Clear

A critical ingredient added to your curiosity and drive is discipline. Discipline properly applied to your curiosity and drive places you on a path to wealth and happiness. Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals, which are curiosity and drive. Once these two components are in place, then be disciplined…and see where it takes you.

“I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they’ve been.”
-Sam Walton

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
-Albert Einstein

“There’s really no secret about our approach. We keep moving forward – opening new doors and doing new things – because we’re curious. And curiosity and drive keep leading us down new paths. We’re always exploring and experimenting.”
-Walt Disney

“Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the only one who asked why.”
-Bernard Baruch