Home | News | Opinion Key To Lifelong Learning Opinion: Key to lifelong learning When curiosity-driven exploration becomes a lifestyle, every encounter becomes a learning opportunity By Telangana Today Published Date - 7 July 2024, 11:39 PM By Viiveck Verma ‘Learning’, very often tends to inspire a serious aura. The word has the gravitas one would conventionally associate with the acquisition of knowledge but this heaviness very often can mislead us to think that it is an austere process. On the other hand, the word ‘explore’ brings with itself excitement, the expectation to go beyond prescribed limits and discover extraordinary joys.
As opposed as they might seem, the two are two sides of the same coin and it is high time we defined learning as exploration and then turned it into a lifestyle, making acquiring knowledge and experience, a quest full of thrill and reward. This approach transcends traditional education systems, empowering individuals to navigate the vast sea of knowledge and adapt to new challenges with curiosity and resilience. Let us look at it in some detail.
Being Curious At the heart of exploration lies curiosity — the insatiable drive to enquire, discover and understand. It fuels our desire to explore the unknown, propelling us beyond the confines of our comfort zones. When curiosity-driven exploration becomes a lifestyle, every encounter becomes a learning opportunity, whether it’s a conversation with a stranger, a walk in nature or a glimpse .
