Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life

If someone gave a “thumbs-down,” that was their right, but then they would also have to make a suggestion to make the proposal better.

What is working or not working? Why? Put yourself in the other person’s shoes—what do you think their perspective is? What role can you play in getting to your desired outcome? Is there anything you need to do to make the relationship right?

What behaviors are you exhibiting?

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What emotions do you have?

Group work goes wrong in two primary ways. First, most often the task assigned isn’t actually worthy of group work. What groups do well is solve complex problems that benefit from different experience, expertise, skills, and knowledge. Groups aren’t better at completing tasks that are rote or linear, with a single right answer.

the employees of 2020 need: 1) complex problem solving, 2) critical thinking, 3) creativity, 4) people management, 5) coordinating with others, and 6) emotional intelligence. Employers want innovative thinking, independence, initiative.

Getting too involved, by taking over, is a mistake I see parents making constantly, and from personal experience, I get why.

But adults so often feel if a kid is struggling, we have to pick them up immediately, and so many debates about our approach with Will ended in a stalemate.