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I realize that calling yourself a “curator” of anything can seem like a stretch. Curator is often a job title applied to someone who has years of expertise in something, and perhaps even limited to certain industries. Yet curators today can come from all different types of backgrounds.

Some focus on art and design while others may look at history or anthropology. Some have professional training and degrees while others are driven by passion like Herbert and Dorothy Vogel. No matter their background, every one of them exhibits the same types of habits that help them to become masters at adding meaning to collected items.

Curation doesn’t require you to be an expert or a researcher or an academic. Learning these five habits will help you put the power of curation to work to help you discover better ideas and use them to develop your own observations about the rapidly accelerating present.

THE 5 HABITS OF TREND CURATORS

BEING CURIOUS – always asking why, investing in learning and improving your knowledge by investigating and asking questions.BEING OBSERVANT – learning to see the small details in stories and life that others may ignore or fail to recognize as significant.BEING FICKLE – moving from one idea to the next without becoming fixated, or overanalyzing each idea in the moment.BEING THOUGHTFUL – taking time to develop a meaningful point of view and considering alternative viewpoints without bias.BEING ELEGANT – seeking beautiful ways to describe ideas that bring together disparate concepts in a simple and understandable way.

For the past five years I have been sharing and teaching these habits through workshops and classes to business professionals, entrepreneurs and university students. Those experiences have taught me that we all have the aptitude to learn these skills.

To learn how let’s start with the first habit: curiosity.