Oh man, I was SO like your son when I was six. Until I was about 18, actually. Very "smart" (did well in school) ... but SO stubborn and close-minded. I think for kids, the key is to praise them

Thanks! I'll have to watch that TED Talk later. I'll let you know. Looks really interesting. I'm curious to see how it relates to the dabbler/generalist dichotomy. For me, that really hit home.

Love it!

Will do. Thanks. I'm working on it :)

Haha ... thanks! I'm the same way. I've seen the Kardashian TV show a few times with friends, years back, and I think the archetype is interesting. I don't know if they're good or bad people. I don't care.

Thank you!

Love to hear that! Totally agreed. I think it initially comes from the top-down, as you're saying ... but in the age of the Internet, it shouldn't take much to become aware of this and break the cycle.

Haha ... I like it! I'm very anti-jargon myself -- will be more conscious of haphazardly writing acronyms that serve ~0 benefit.

Good question, ha. Sorry. "As Fuck." All the kids are saying it these days.

I love this! For a while I've had a book idea along the lines of Things People From My Type of Upbringing Need to Unlearn (but far better-sounding, of course). There are so many mistakes in those belief

Love it! My parents are wonderful people, but not radical thinkers. I thank them for many things, but I needed to learn this through books and a lot of the world slapping me in the face.

Thank you! Is there anything specific you think I should expand upon? I'd love to, but I'm just starting the journey and figuring out what to write as a lot of patterns of thoughts are molding ... Really

Thanks! Please do. I wish I could help with the health thing, but all I can do is wish you the best and hope that the writing can help, at least mentally. And you can beat the perfectionism. Feel good!

Thanks, Brooke :) So far so good, but that's easy to say after four days, ha. I think it's hard for everyone, save a few freaks. For me, the big difference has come when I'm forced to write. When I was

Thanks! Love that story. I feel like half the time I'm traveling, I'm just like those animals, with a tiny bit better control of my bowels. I'm merely shitting myself figuratively.