It's not uncommon to mistake what's certain for what works.
The well-intentioned parents often encourage their children to get straight A’s and excel in STEM subjects, as if, as long as the kids show some interest in science and technology, their futures are as bright as the sunshine. The outcomes have been proven; many have tried and succeeded with them.
The idea of trusting their children to learn about themselves and what they are good at feels like trusting the uncertain.
But anyone who has succeeded has been sharing their secret to success: doing what they love and being obsessed with.
The irony of success is this: the outcome feels certain, but the path to it is filled with doing things that didn't work.
