My default response to curiosity is often another source.
Read another article. Find another book. Search for the answer. That is frequently useful. It also assumes that knowledge is sitting somewhere waiting to be retrieved.
Sometimes it is sitting across the table.
Tim Elmore describes a habit of sharing insights with another person. Conversation literature repeatedly emphasizes that other people carry experiences, perspectives, and questions unavailable to us on our own.
That suggests another response to an idea:
Who could make this better?
Not “Who will agree with me?”
Who knows more?
Who sees it differently?
Who has lived something relevant?
Who might benefit from the idea?
Who would ask a question I would not think to ask?
This changes the way I understand One Chat Closer. It is not merely a slogan for conversation. It is one possible path of learning.
Some ideas should be kept. Some should be tested. Some should be explored through additional reading.
And some should be handed to another human being with a sentence like:
I ran across this and I want to know what you think.
That might be the next source.
Source trail: Tim Elmore, The Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership; Heather Holleman, The Six Conversations; J.R. Briggs, The Art of Asking Better Questions.