Original Ideas

Original ideas. 

Professor Adam Grant recently wrote an article about kids and creativity. His simple premise was that if you want your child to change the world, then you might just need to back off. 

This is such a foreign concept today when almost every hour of a child's day is scheduled. As a society we have fully embraced the 10,000 hour rule of Malcolm Gladwell. In order to be an expert we need to put in the time; lots of it. 

Unfortunately, becoming an expert doesn't necessarily mean that you will bring anything new or unique to the table. In fact, practice may just lock us into "familiar thinking."

Grant states, "If you want your child to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours." This can be hard to do when you already have a preconceived notion about your child's life and path to success.