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She went into an incredible learning mode, making herself into the CEO Xerox needed to survive.

Carol S. Dweck • Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential

Mark Zuckerberg has been running a school for 14 children in one of his privately owned homes. 14 children. 3 full time teachers, one part-time teacher, and 2 other employees. The NY Times investigatory reported the educational model to be Montessori. Montessori is most often NO TECH — or minimally a very cautious,... See more

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The idea was that, once they had done two or three projects for customers, they could take on an apprentice and mentor that person. We had younger people, and we had more women than other firms. We had Eve Anderson and Tracy Adams—two of the most senior people at the company were female, which was kind of unusual. We never wanted to have more than

Jessica Livingston • Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

Rotation Models: Gilroy Prep and KIPP Comienza

Lance Izumi • Moonshots in Education: Launching Blended Learning in the Classroom

The theory by Erik Hoel states that: We're not maximizing the potential of the world's most gifted individuals because we're not educating them the right way. In the past, geniuses did not go to school; they were tutored — getting most of their education at home, for a single person (or a small group of people).

Dror Poleg • Gays, Jews, and Geniuses

"Parents need to reassure their children that they will not “die poor and lonely” if they don’t get into honors math, or become school valedictorian, or go to Harvard."

Madeline Levine • The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids

guessed it—the focus is on self-motivated learning, problem-solving, and an entrepreneurial mind-set.

Esther Wojcicki • How to Raise Successful People

Verdens Bedste Brætspilsspillere Blev Bedre Af AI. Nu Går Dansk Universitet Samme Vej

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We teach them to focus almost exclusively on themselves and their own performance—because they must have a perfect grade point average, must be selected by a top-tier college, must find an impressive job. They are so busy focusing on themselves that they rarely have time to consider how they might help and serve others. Kindness and gratitude are