Dan Martell - February 17, 2026


Education is failing our kids


Episode Stats


Length

26 seconds

Words per minute

237.80487

Word count

104

Sentence count

9


Summary

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Taking risks is frowned upon. Asking too many questions is discouraged. Thinking differently is encouraged. School punishes the exact skills that make people successful. The school is actually teaching the opposite of what they need to be successful in the world.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 School punishes the exact skills that make people successful.
00:00:04.080 Taking risks is frowned upon.
00:00:05.580 Asking too many questions, can you please put your hand down?
00:00:07.840 Thinking differently, oh no, we can't do that.
00:00:10.160 That's not how we do it.
00:00:11.000 One plus one equals two.
00:00:12.280 If you go out in the real world,
00:00:13.600 taking risks is how you make money.
00:00:15.420 Asking a lot of questions is how you get curious
00:00:17.420 and learn about other people and how to solve problems.
00:00:19.660 And thinking different is how you innovate.
00:00:22.360 The school is actually teaching the opposite
00:00:24.460 of what they need to be successful in the world.