Framing matters a lot. One frame shift we have often emphasize for students is that they aren't planning to do a project. They are doing a project. Right now. Too often, they are in school mode and …
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Skills heavy people
Schools and parents are scared of people who have skills but don't know content. In reality, has anyone ever failed in life because they had strong skills, but couldn't take a test? Besides, we are …
Contiguous time
It seems the best way to get to know anyone is to spend a lot of time with them. Intuitive enough. But the continuity matters. Meeting someone for an hour, ten times is significantly different from …
Ruminating Self Talk
"If only I had said..." "Maybe they didn't mean..." "I could have..." After a conversation, we replay it back with our commentary. But why? To improve for next time? Sometimes. To worry …
Thinking about money
Maybe we do it too much, but I don't think so. At least when you're a young person, it's such a vague construct that most people have no conception for how money works in the world. We don't talk …
Figuring it out
There's nothing more magical than showing a young person a new tool, a new technology then giving them the time to figure it out. Not in a way that sheds responsibility, but in a way that is …