什么是好奇商数? | What is Curiosity Quotient?

“好奇商数”，最开始是记者汤姆·弗里德曼在2013年为《纽约时报》所写的一篇专栏文章中出现。弗里德曼的观点是：随着新技术的快速涌现，人们必须不断学习和适应市场需求。他写道：

赢家不仅仅是那些智慧商数（IQ）较高之人，也会是那些拥有较高热情商数（PQ）和好奇商数（CQ）的人，他们善于利用所有新的数字工具，不单能找到工作，还能创造或重塑工作。他们不仅在学习，还是终生反复学习。

如今，六年过去了，弗里德曼的这篇文章比以往任何时候都更有说服力。麦肯锡全球研究所编制的一份报告预测，至2030年，全球将有多达8亿人因自动化而失去工作。最近，比尔·盖茨在他的高中母校发表演讲时，也强调了好奇心作为获取新知识的骨架是多么重要。

综上所述，提高你的好奇心 - 这项机器人和其他形式的人工智能无法轻易复制的核心技能，对于在不确定的未来站稳脚跟至关重要。

The Curiosity Quotient was first used by journalist Tom Friedman in a 2013 New York Times OpEd. Friedman’s thesis: with new technologies coming out rapid-fire, people have to learn and adapt to be marketable. He wrote:

The winners won’t just be those with more I.Q. It will also be those with more P.Q. (passion quotient) and C.Q. (curiosity quotient) to leverage all the new digital tools to not just find a job, but to invent one or reinvent one. And to not just learn but to relearn for a lifetime.

Six years on, Friedman’s essay is more apt than ever. A report compiled by the McKinsey Global Institute predicts that by 2030, as many as 800 million jobs could be lost worldwide to automation. In a recent speech at his high school, Bill Gates also stressed the critical importance of curiosity as a framework for acquiring knowledge.

As a conclusion, developing this core skillset that robots and other forms of artificial intelliegence cannot easily replicate is extremely important to achieve success in the uncertain future.

它如何发挥作用？

How does it work?

学习能力、工作参与度和表现的提升与好奇心密不可分。致力于探索新技术或处理事情的新方法，能够帮助你适应新的工作挑战，在此过程中提出问题，还可以帮助你解决具有挑战性的问题。

好奇心非常重要，因为它让你的大脑提前做好学习的准备。它能帮助我们学习不那么有趣的东西，因为当你感到好奇的时候，大脑边缘的奖励系统就会被激活。

Curiosity has been linked to greater learning, engagement, and performance at work. Being curious about new technologies or new ways of doing things can help you adapt to new job challenges, and asking questions can yield information that helps you solve challenging problems.

Curiosity is critical because it primes the brain for learning. It’s much easier to learn not-so-interesting things when we’re feeling curious because when you are curious, the limbic reward system of the brain illuminates.

回想一下，当你还是个孩子的时候，你对一切都很好奇：为什么天空是蓝色的，电视是怎么工作的，为什么大人们总是那么暴躁。现在的你，还会对世界充满一样的好奇吗？你是否会挑选“追逐新潮”的书籍、尝试每一种时尚的吃法、偶尔会选择一部非舒适区的电影？如果你已经失去了那点孩子气，你的CQ便可能偏向低的那边。

Think back to when you were a kid and curious about everything: why the sky was blue, how the TV worked, why adults seemed so grumpy all the time. Do you still have that level of wonder about the world? Do you pick up new books on fresh subjects, try every new food trend, and occasionally choose an out-of-your-normal genre film? If you’ve lost a bit of that kid within, your CQ might be on the lower side.

如何建立好奇商数？

How to build your CQ?

1

广泛阅读

Prolific Reading

阅读 - 使你的知识量成倍增长。众所周知，一名董事长平均每个月读四到五本书。

比尔·盖茨多年来一直保持着惊人的好奇心和学习新事物的欲望。在接受《纽约时报》采访时，盖茨告诉记者他每年要读50本书：“这是我主要的学习方式之一，从我还是个孩子的时候就开始了。”

Reading provides exponential knowledge growth. It is a well-known fact that the average CEO reads four or five books per month.

Bill Gates has maintained an incredible appetite for curiosity and learning new things over the years. In an interview with The New York Times, Gates said he reads up to 50 books each year: "It's one of the chief ways that I learn, and has been since I was a kid."

2

尽早采用新事物

Become an early adopter

不要害怕尝试新事物 - 真正的新事物。并不是每一项新技术都能成功或是成为市场焦点，也不是每一种新的管理模式都能与你或你的团队产生共鸣；然而，它们会让你从不同的角度思考，获得新的见解，并以新的视角审视你现有的知识。由此可见，对新事物的好奇增加了我们对现状的理解。

Don’t be afraid to try something new - really new. Not every new technology will be a success or become a market sensation, and not every new management technique will resonate with you or your team, however, they challenge you to think a bit differently, gain new insights, and to examine knowledge you already have in a new perspective. Being curious about the new increases our understanding of the status quo.

3

寻找灵感的来源

Look for sources of inspiration

呆在舒适区里学习，可以加深你的一些知识，但不能拓宽它。因此，你需要在更广阔的环境中寻找万物的关联性 - 不仅仅是你眼前的东西。

你可以与来自不同领域的“专家”或思想领袖进行对话。参加一个不同行业的论坛，并思考如何将你所听到的知识用以优化你当前的状况；你也可以观看TED演讲或油管视频，从领英上下载一些短视频，并参加Coursera上的免费课程。你需要发掘一些“舒适区”外的东西，并思考这些不同的观点是如何被得出的。

Staying in your comfort zone will deepen some of your knowledge but it won’t expand it. Look for links within the broader environment. Not just what is always in front of your nose.

Engage in conversations with ‘experts’ or thought leaders from a variety of fields. Attend a conference of a different industry, and reflect on ways to apply what you have heard to enhance your current context. Watch TED Talks or Youtube videos, download a slide share from LinkedIn, and attend a free course through Coursera. Again, observe something unrelated to your comfort zone, and understand how they come up with their conclusions.

4

别让眼前的成就停住你创新的脚步

Don't let success stop you from innovating

“如果东西没坏，就无需修理” - 这句格言绝不是那些CQ值高的人认同的话。虽然我们确实不需要对运行正常的东西进行修补，但是万物都有改进之处 - 我们需要不断思考，如何提高效率，增加价值，把繁琐的步骤或不必要的臆测从工作流程中去掉。

The adage “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” was certainly never the brainchild of someone with a high CQ. While it’s true that we don’t need to tinker with something that is running smoothly, we do know that there are often ways to improve - to be more efficient, to add more value, to take the drudge work or the guesswork out of any process.

我没有特殊的天分。

我只不过是有极浓厚的好奇心而已。

--- 阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦

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