Education Perspectives

8 to be Great

In The Beginner's Mind, I talked about fear of mistakes as being an issue in American education.  Richard St. John authored a book called 8 to be Great.  It answers the simple question "What leads to success?"  In the part of this video where he speaks of persistence, Richard says "All successful people fail."   

Richard also spoke twice at TED.  Here, he speaks of his own failures.  Everyone interested in education should check out Richard St. John.

I'm not saying we should all strive to fail.  But I do believe we all need to put failure into perspective.

Alltop

Guy Kawasaki was kind enough to add my blog to the Education category on Alltop.  I also set up a MyAlltop area.  And, check out the right side of the blog for education feeds from the Alltop site.  Guy also posted a video on the American Express open forum of some entrepreneurship work he did with some teenagers.

I'm amazed by the innovation and abilities of our young people!  I had the pleasure to work with some students involved in a business plan competition.  Check it out.