You don’t need to be the smartest to be curious. You just need to be okay with not knowing yet.

Curiosity needs a tolerance for not knowing, not an unusual brain. What stops most people asking is the discomfort of admitting a gap, so the barrier is pride rather than capacity. Being comfortable in the middle of not understanding is the skill that keeps the questions coming.

Get used to saying you do not know something, once or twice a day, without rushing to cover it. Then ask the question underneath it. That comfort builds quickly, and the knowing follows it.