How to create a curiosity engine
1. Make physical and mental space for self-reflection.
2. Explore potential areas of inquiry.
3. Turn areas of inquiry into questions. Take the areas of inquiry you identified in the previous step, and rephrase them into questions by using one of the following structures:
How do I…?
How can we…?
What is the best way to…?
What is the relationship between A and B?
Why is X a certain way?
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