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Get Curious

Embrace Curiosity and Save the World

by Jason 07.25.2010 Get Curious

One of the greatest superpowers of childhood is curiosity. And I bet there are few people who’d debate the importance of validating and fostering the curiosity in children. However, the tone often changes when that curiosity tramples our adult sensibilities. Allow me to share part of an email I received from a woman who heard [...]

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What Business Card Design Has to Do With Making Your Life Better

by Jason 11.01.2009 Get Curious

How many business cards have you collected over the years? A handful? A hundred? Enough to wallpaper the bathrooms of every house on your block? Even if you’re not involved in “Business,” chances are you’ve received a number of business cards over the years, from the auto mechanic to your neighbor who sells Mary Kay. [...]

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Adultitis Relief Brief: Breakout

by Jason 09.16.2009 Adultitis Relief Brief

This episode is geared toward those of you who think you’re not very creative. To that we say, “Au contraire!” Watch this episode for an idea you can try tomorrow that will spark a creative side you didn’t know you had. Enjoy! iPod Version (14.7 MB) | Subscribe with iTunes

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The Right Way to Tackle Life, Brought To You By a Nine-Month-Old

by Jason 09.13.2009 Get Curious

Lucy is mobile. She rolls, scoots, crawls, and pulls herself up on things. I’m considering taping my eyelids open because I know that if I blink, she’ll suddenly be walking, running, and asking for the car keys. I’m certain the little jet setter has cried more times in the last four weeks than she did [...]

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What Watching Fireflies Can Teach You About Your Level of Adultitis

by Jason 08.09.2009 Adultitis

The other night I was sitting in the backyard with my daughter Lucy. We were watching fireflies, aka lightning bugs. I tried catching one so she could see one up close, but chasing down a firefly in the dark with one hand while holding a baby in the other proved trickier than expected. Deciding to [...]

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What It’s Really Like Driving The Wienermobile

by Jason 07.09.2009 Get Curious

Last summer, we had a chance to tour a real live Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. (You can watch it here.) The fun-loving people who drive the Wienermobile are called Hotdoggers. They criss-cross the country, looking for bridges that are high enough to drive under so they don’t get their bun stuck. The guys and gals have [...]

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Tip of the Week: Different World

by Kim 08.25.2008 Get Curious

This week’s Escape Plan challenge (aka our Tip of the Week) is: #1 Different World: Spend at least 15 minutes immersing yourself in a field you know nothing about. Something I loved about teaching kindergarten was the genuine openness and enthusiasm the kids had for learning something new. I would joke with Jason after school [...]

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Tip of the Week: Mad Scientist

by Kim 07.28.2008 Get Curious

This week’s Escape Plan challenge (aka our Tip of the Week) is: #5 Mad Scientist: Become a scientist. Conduct a silly experiment. When I was teaching, it never failed that the kids showed excessive amounts of enthusiasm and interest on the days we were conducting science experiments. There’s something about tapping into that natural childlike [...]

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Tip of the Week: Taste Bud Conspiracy

by Kim 05.19.2008 Get Curious

This week’s Escape Plan challenge (aka our Tip of the Week) is #15: Taste Bud Conspiracy: Eat something you’ve never had before. Jason and I are officially guacamole people now. Whoopty-do, you’re saying (especially if you live in CA), but it’s a lesson in trying new things. Over the last year or so we have [...]

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Tip of the Week: Family Tree Trivia

by Kim 05.12.2008 Delight in the Little Things

This week’s Escape Plan challenge (aka our Tip of the Week) is #16: Family Tree Trivia: Call or meet with someone in your family and ask them a question you are curious about regarding your family’s history. A lesson I learned early on from my husband (boyfriend, at the time) is that the easiest way [...]

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Tip of the Week: Old Dog, New Tricks

by Kim 05.05.2008 Delight in the Little Things

This week’s Escape Plan challenge (aka our Tip of the Week) is #17: Old Dog, New Tricks: Learn how to do something new today. Your time limit: 30 minutes. At a speaking gig a few weeks ago, a woman in the audience came to our table afterwards and immediately joined Club K&J. In getting to [...]

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Tip of the Week: Mr. Smartypants

by Kim 03.03.2008 Get Curious

This week’s Escape Plan challenge (aka our Tip of the Week) is #26: Mr. Smartypants. Open to a random page in the dictionary and look at the first word on the upper left-hand side. Keep turning pages until you find a word you don’t know. See how many times you can use this new word [...]

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