Eternally grateful for everyone’s support with my book launch...I have no words to describe how I'm feeling!

Thank you, thank you, thank you 🙏🏼💛
I have so many people to thank for their contributions to this book.

The @harrimanhouse team for taking a chance on me and making it all come true.

@david_perell for inspiring me to write and supporting my work.

@chrismanfrank for believing in me and encouraging me all along.
@OzolinsJanis for the spot-on illustrations.

@james_d_baird for overseeing the publishing process.

Sylvia Scodro and @polina_marinova for their invaluable contributions and feedback.
All of you wonderful readers for giving my work a slice of your attention.

And, most of all, my husband @fjnido whose shining intellect and editing has elevated my work, and whose faith gives me hope that I might one day become the person he is convinced I have always been 🫶
And THANK YOU to those who took the time to read and endorse my book. It feels surreal that some of the people I admire the most support my work

@DanielPink @SethGodinBlog @AnnieDuke @balajis @avantgame @nireyal @amasad @warikoo @jposhaughnessy @josh_dahn @Justinsua @SahilBloom
You can pre-order the book here 👇🏼

amazon.com/Learning-Game-…

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Feb 17
The day is finally here!

I am thrilled to announce that my first book, THE LEARNING GAME, is available for pre-order 🙌🏻

amazon.com/Learning-Game-…
After years of teaching, I made the hard decision to leave the school system.

There had to be a better way to prepare younger generations for the game of life…

How can we transform the game of school into the game of learning?
How do we make learning sustainable through childhood and into adulthood?

How can we go back to the root of what makes kids excited to learn?

How can we arm kids with the tools they need to succeed in the game of learning—and the game of life?
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Jan 2
Exposure to a healthy amount of confusion offers significant benefits.

The more kids experience confusion in the right context, the more they'll be willing to wade through the feeling of not knowing—a key survival skill in today’s world.

3 Principles for Exploring Confusion 👇
1. Expose kids to confusion

Encourage kids to solve that harder math problem or read that challenging book. Let them explore complex ideas and help them understand that when they do, they are going to feel confused—and that’s okay.
When they play a new game, resist the urge to tell them the rules. Give them the chance to figure it out for themselves. Over time, you will notice they will start to enjoy it.
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Dec 31, 2022
My top 12 threads of 2022

On how to raise successful kids, the power of video games, the school system & alternatives, lessons from kids and the Stoics, and ways to learn and love learning 🤸
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Dec 7, 2022
Mental models are especially helpful when we face complex situations.

When new information hits us left and right, we need to know how to interpret it. We need a guiding light to lead us in the right direction when things get chaotic.

This is particularly true with parenting. Image
Our kids change every day.

They’re leaping from one stage of development to another. And we’re overloaded with all sorts of data, from the opinion of your mother-in-law, the newest hot tip on mommy blogs, to the latest findings of childhood psych.

What should we do with it all?
Without mental models, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and paralyzed, but with mental models, you can sort the good ideas from the bad, orient yourself to what’s most important, and take decisive action.
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Dec 5, 2022
In school, math is presented in a hierarchical sequence dictated by a curriculum that often doesn’t make sense to kids.

And here is the interesting thing about math… it’s a life skill to start with.
Math is all around us.

And the best way to teach it is by using examples from the real world that kids are already curious about.

If your child is interested in buying something, this is the time to teach them about money and counting.
When they are interested in counting bigger numbers, you introduce them to a calculator.

Maybe their interest in space and Star Wars fuels their interest in space time travel.
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Nov 28, 2022
How much of the “learning” that happened in school stuck over the years?

I’m guessing very little. 

That’s because the learning that occurs in formal schooling is mostly an imitation of learning 🤷🏽‍♀️ Image
Humans are designed to learn🧠

We learn through self-directed play, exploration, and trial & error. We learn by digging deep into our interests, making things, and reflecting on the impact and consequences of our actions.

These are inborn instincts that come automatically to us
Turns out, formal school does not match the usual way humans learn 🤷🏽‍♀️

We've taken learning out of its natural context and put  it into an institutional framework 🏫We’ve prioritized grades, conformity, and compliance over joy, curiosity, and exploration 🤦🏽‍♀️
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