The power of purposeful inquiry to achieve success and lead a happy life is masterfully demonstrated in this book. Dr. Costas Andriopoulos has spent the last five years interviewing the most inquisitive minds now at work. He has particular interest in those who have used their inventive thinking and inquisitive minds to accomplish great things in a range of industries. In order to shed light on the purposefully curious approach, he explores how these exceptional people have channelled and fed their curiosity with purpose in this book. He also interweaves compelling insights and advice from the interviews with cutting-edge research from psychology, neuroscience, management, history, sociology, and anthropology.Packed with practical tools alongside the fascinating narrative, the book offers Dr Andriopoulos' nine essential lessons that will allow you to make use of curiosity in your own life to empower you - whatever your journey - and help you replicate the experiences of others to reach your goals and thrive. Dr. Andriopoulos interviews Formula One engineers, scientists working to grow food on Mars, opera singers, visual special effects artists, storm chasers, venture capitalists, Michelin-starred chefs, and many others to learn how they used their curiosity to achieve challenging goals. Although not everyone aspires to explore Antarctica or found a factchecking website, we all search for meaning and progress. Whether we're trying to be better or the best in what we do, prepare for a new job or leave our current career for something more fulfilling, see through the "noise" of fake outrage and information overload, commercialize an innovation, improve health, or teach children the value of solving a puzzle, all of us can benefit from thinking like a purposefully curious person. Purposeful Curiosity offers nine essential lessons that allow us to make use of our curiosity, to empower and help you replicate the experiences of others in order to reach your goals and thrive.