Saved by Juan Orbea
First, Know Thyself. Then, Pick a Career Path
Instead, institutions and scholars who earnestly trumpet the Standard Formula imply that if you know your destination, work hard, and stay the course, fulfillment will be bestowed upon you once you reach your destination. Earn your diplomas, land a good job, and happiness will ensue . . . somehow.
Todd Rose • Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment
one of the reasons school fails to help people model success is that a series of tests introduces no randomness.
Success in real life involves a great and careful search of unknowns, not a pinning down or studying of knowns
Academic excellence will always matter, and parents are right to maintain a high bar for their children. But there are other skills that are likely to be particularly important to success in the twenty-first century—creativity, innovative thinking, flexibility, resilience in response to failure, communication skills, and the ability to collaborate.
Madeline Levine PhD • Teach Your Children Well
Ingrid’s exact journey to personalized success is unlikely to be replicated because it’s unlikely that anyone else will share her precise pattern of interests, abilities, and opportunities.
Todd Rose • Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment
The way that education can lock us into careers, or at least substantially direct the route we travel, would not be so problematic if we were excellent judges of our future interests and characters.