A lot of people who are trying to spread their wings and and enter adult land feel stuck. And i think part of that is the sense that i have to know what i'm doing in advance. I have to be really good at it, or i even start kind of a perfectionistic tendency. The point is just start to move in the direction of something. It's not just about what you say, but how you say it. That non verbal openness is really critical.
“Communication is such a delicate dance and kids need to emerge from childhood having practiced,” says Julie Lythcott-Haims, former associate vice provost of undergraduate education Stanford University.
In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, lecturer and podcast host Matt Abrahams sits down with Lythcott-Haims to discuss her new book, Your Turn: How to be an Adult, and ideas on how to communicate with young people so they feel empowered to take on the various (and often intimidating) duties of adulthood.
“Responsibility isn’t a bad thing,” she says. “Responsibility is actually an amazing thing. And I think we have to do a better job of narrating that truth.”
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