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Seth Godin says “Kids should Learn 2 Things (and only 2 things) to Thrive”

If you want your kids to thrive in the next decades in the commercial world, internet sage Seth Godin tells us that they need to learn to be good at two (and only 2) things:

  1. Solve Interesting Problems
  2. Lead

If you can raise a kid who can solve interesting problems and lead (which requires emotional intelligence and generosity).  The way you learn to solve interesting problems is by solving interesting problems.  The way you learn to lead is by practicing generosity and kindness for a higher goal.

Everything else, you can look it up on the internet, or you can hire a pay a commoditised skill person to do it for you.

Exams certainly don’t test these 2 skills.  They check whether you can solve un-interesting repetitive problems that have already been solved.  They don’t test how you affect other people and get them to be better because of your presence.

Check out the answer from Seth:

 

10 responses to “Seth Godin says “Kids should Learn 2 Things (and only 2 things) to Thrive””

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  9. That’s a great quote from Seth! Didn’t know it yet. And very insightful, as pretty much all he has to contribute, as far as I can tell from what I have read so far. Thanks for pointing me towards this!

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