James Laughlin argues that telling kids "you can do anything if you put your mind to it" sets them up to fail. Instead, find what you're naturally inclined toward and commit fully to developing that gift.
Fast forward way into the future. You're highly aware that it's your very last day here on earth, and a very young person comes into the room and they say, james, how do I go about leading my life on purpose? What would you say to them?
Well, I have a short answer. I have a convoluted answer. I'll try to compound them together and give you one. I think that there is very. We've given kids very poor advice. When we say, listen, you put your mind to it. You can do anything that is fundamentally wrong, and you're sending them the wrong message because then they're deluded to think they can really do anything. I think you have to find something that you naturally inclined to. What is your natural gift? Everybody has that. Then you need to go full bore into it and really apply yourself.
