"Create Your Place in the World"
T.K. Coleman’s father taught him two life lessons that have stuck with him his whole life. The first lesson is that work is a gift, not a curse, it’s a “product of Creation, not a consequence of The Fall.” The second lesson T.K.’s father taught him is to figure out how to contribute to making the world a better place than it was before you got here; it’s “not about finding your place, it’s about creating your place.” T.K. Coleman is Education Director for Praxis and Director of Entrepreneurial Education at the Foundation for Economic Education. He and I also talked about why dreams don’t come true, decisions do.
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