Are You Raising an Entrepreneur? By Greg Smith
Whether they choose entrepreneur, doctor, pilot, artist, or chef is up to them—but being entrepreneurial is a great life skill for any path
Some parents read their kids' bedtime stories. Every night with my daughter, I ask her a question instead: “What’s one thing you tried and failed at today?” I also read her stories and ask other questions. But this one is key, in a few ways. It lets me define failure for her.
In our house, failure is an opportunity to learn and a positive thing not to be feared. It teaches her to look for challenges every day. It’s also created some great conversations as we both share our failures of the day.
I’m not one to push my kids toward any career path, but I do secretly hope they’ll pick up a few entrepreneurial tendencies. Whether they choose entrepreneur, doctor, pilot, artist, or chef is up to them—but being entrepreneurial is a great life skill for any path.