💡 Grokkist Lore

Are you a grokkist?

When your insistence on curiosity and care leads you into wonderful, terrible trouble only to guide you safely home again, you are walking the path of a grokkist, where curiosity and care are both the question and the answer.

by Danu Poyner & Nathan Dufour Oglesby

✨ First Sparks 💡 Grokkist Lore

7. Your Grokkist Adventure Awaits

Your spark is lit. Where you take it from here is up to you.

by Danu Poyner

✨ First Sparks 💡 Grokkist Lore

6. Being a Contribution

You don’t have to live up to anyone’s expectations, including your own.

by Danu Poyner

✨ First Sparks 💡 Grokkist Lore

5. Belonging Beyond Fitting In

You don’t have to fit in to belong. By showing up as you are, you invite others to do the same.

by Danu Poyner

✨ First Sparks 💡 Grokkist Lore

4. Breathing Into Uncertainty

You don’t have to know where you’re headed. By trusting how you travel, the path will form beneath your feet as you go.

by Danu Poyner

✨ First Sparks 💡 Grokkist Lore

3. Comfort in Contradiction

You don’t have to choose between confidence and doubt. You can hold both, and in that tension, you grow stronger.

by Danu Poyner

✨ First Sparks 💡 Grokkist Lore

2. More Than One Thing

You're not too much or not enough—all the parts of you belong and can finally make sense together.

by Danu Poyner

✨ First Sparks 💡 Grokkist Lore

1. Reclaiming Curiosity

You don’t need to learn curiosity or force it—you already have it within you.

by Danu Poyner

💡 Grokkist Lore

The art of cultivating curiosity in community building

Embracing curiosity means celebrating the space between certainty and the unknown. Deep and genuine connections become possible when we invite a dance with inefficiency and adopt a commitment to Not Knowing.

by Danu Poyner