A nice piece from Sassy Lawyer (even sweeter as she's practicing what she wrote) - Artists rock. I hope we all parents/mentors will internalize and really practice this in guiding our young ones.

Highly recommended also to watch the mentioned TED presentation of Sir Ken Robinson on education and creativity.

I fully agree that we need to rethink how we educate and raise our kids today.

I recommend this book (half-way, I'm reading right now) by Seth Godin - Linchpin - this book basically tells you how to be an artist in your work.

I hope our kids in the future will not require this book, as we already nurture them today to be creative thinkers rather than good workers.

A friend_who_doesn't_want_to_be_identified_here gave me a great feedback regarding PSD Convocation on Career Guidance. This is perfect and unique, because she is a mother of two bright students.

Here's what she wrote to me:

When Kyomii was about to graduate high school, I often told her to chase her dreams, to pursue her PASSION even if it meant leaving her family, friends, and relatives. Her strong subjects were mathematics and science, in fact, she got a perfect score in SAT in these categories. Much I wanted her (if possible) to pursue a career in biomedical engineering because she excelled in both math and science, yet, she alone had the final say on the choice of her career and all we could do is support and guide her. In other words, we let her pursue a career that she has PASSION or LOVE for and let her imagination soar.