Seek — Scott Shigeoka
"We've been hiding from each other for far too long. Seek offers us an empathic, practical, and heartfelt road map forward." ― Seth Godin, author of The Song of Significance and Tribes
Did you know that curiosity is your superpower? Maximize your capacity for connection, healing, and personal growth with this “timely bridge for our divided world.” (Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential )
Political blow-ups, vaccine controversy, religious freedom, climate change, gender rights—division, loneliness, and polarization have ripped us apart. Our friendships are strained, teams at work can't find common ground, families are divided, and healing feels out of reach… but it doesn’t have to.
Internationally-recognized curiosity expert Scott Shigeoka knows that the radical practice of Deep Curiosity, rooted in a desire to understand ourselves and others beneath the surface, holds our only path to connection and transformation.
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“Be driven by love,”
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“shallow curiosity.”
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“deep curiosity.”
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Bridging Differences Playbook,
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Detach—Let go of your ABCs (assumptions, biases, certainty) • Intend—Prepare your mindset and setting • Value—See the dignity of every person, including yourself • Embrace—Welcome the hard times in your life
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When we use curiosity as a practice of connection instead of only as an intellectual exercise, the goal isn’t to know but rather to understand.
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That’s why I define deep curiosity as “a search for understanding that leads to connection and transformation.”
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Did you hear me? Did what I say mean anything to you? Do my stories even matter?
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In many ways, this is what deep curiosity is about: making someone feel heard, seen, and validated—reminding them that they do matter. It’s something that we’re all searching for.
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What’s the story of your name?
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What makes you come alive? Where do you live? What does
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What does home mean to you?
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Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke writes to his friend: “I want to beg you… to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves… Do not seek the answers… Live the questions.”
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deep curiosity says I want to understand you, predatory curiosity says I want to change you.
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What door are you afraid to turn the knob of, even though it might bring something meaningful to your life?