Tapping the Potential

Last year you have seen a headline like, “Autistic teenager with IQ higher than Einstein tipped to win Nobel.” and probably know about this boy.

Teenage genius Jacob Barnett wants you to stop learning and start thinking, in this inspiring TEDx talk.

Stop Learning. Start Thinking. Start Creating. BE Your Field.

As the owner of a daycare, Kristine, his mother was interested in children and their development. She nurtured his interests instead of focusing on her son’s limitations.

“It’s really important that when you have a label,

you don’t let that label define you.

What are your children good at?

Let that define them.

Create motivations that are self-driven.

Let them pursue what they love.”　

— Kristine Barnett, Jacob’s mother

Here’s an incredible story about her who totally disregarded what experts said about her son and threw off the label that was slapped on him as a toddler. Instead, she followed her own instincts – with astounding results.