Who’s Bill Gates’ Favorite Teacher?
Salman Khan makes high-quality education available to anyone, one video at a time. Bill Gates’ kids thinks he’s the bomb.
Essays
Maya Angelou observed, “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” In this section, you’ll find articles and book reviews about art, creativity, life-long learning, and how culture views late-blooming adults.
Book Review: Uncertainty by Jonathan Fields
If we dare to create, fear and uncertainty become bedfellows. So how does a late bloomer (or anyone) work through those emotions and thrive?
Book Review: Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin
Does talent even exist? Can it be acquired? Geoff Colvin explores these provocative questions in his book, which I review for late bloomers.
J.K. Rowling Talks About the Fringe Benefits of Failure
The first Harry Potter book only had a 1000-copy run. J.K. Rowling spent a year hawking it while getting a teaching certificate. And then magic happened…
Fourteen Fascinating Legal Late Bloomers
What do John Cleese and Hoagy Carmichael have in common? Read about fourteen creative folks who detoured to law school first.
What Nanowrimo Taught Me
I thought I’d learned all about writing from books and gurus. But I never really did the thing before Nanowrimo.