Organizational psychologist at Wharton, #1 NYT bestselling author of HIDDEN POTENTIAL and THINK AGAIN, and host of the TED podcasts WorkLife and Re:Thinking
Nah man I wanna be a cowboy 🤠
Will it be a good question to ask kids "how they want to contribute?" when they grow up, than what they "want to become"?
We should also try to be a tiny bit more creative when meeting new people and start with a question other than "...so what do you do for work?"
“When I was in grade school, they told me to write down what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, I told them the didn’t understand life.” - Unknown
When my grandparents used to ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up I would say, “retired” 😂
When I was around four years old, one day I was playing outside my grandpa's house with my toy tractor. My grandpa had a visitor, who asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. "An engineer," I replied. "I've never heard that from someone so young," said the man. "There are different types of engineers: electrical, chemical, industrial... what type do you want to be?" I looked at the man quizzically and replied, "I want to blow the whistle on the choo choo train!"
BE is different to DO. Asking thm what they want to be does not define them in terms of work. Asking them what they want to do does
Speaker; Consultant; Author - Stronger Than You Think: The 10 Blind Spots That Undermine Your Relationship...and How to See Past Them; Professor of Psychology at Monmouth University
2yBetter yet, ask them what problem they want to solve.