One funny thing about becoming a dad is watching how kids start to process the world. What I’ve noticed is that nobody — not even professional reporters — ask as many questions as little kids.
It’s one thing for a parent to get the initial question: “Why’s the sky blue, dad?”
The parent will give the answer. But then they’ll ask a second question: “Why?” And then a third or a fourth why.
It’s funny: In a certain way, kids are often more curious than a lot of the working professionals I know. I’m guilty of this myself: I might ask “why” once to a colleague or client, but if a satisfactory answer is provided, I won’t dig deeper.
And I want to challenge myself to be prepared for that second why. I want to be prepared to know more, to go deeper.
If I’m asked or if I’m not, I should be prepared to defend what I know — or at least be prepared to give more than the surface-level answer.
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That’s a photo of a young girl with brown hair reading, as the pages of a book flip before her. It was taken by Johnny McClung for Unsplash.