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L&L | SEPTEMBER 2019 | 79to navigate between those efficiently;
being able to spot opportunities and
capitalise on them to earn an income;
to be able to work with, and learn from,
others”. These are skills that should be
taught early on: Lisa insists children
as young as six years old are able to
identify opportunities and qualify ideas.
For Xolisa Luthi of Future
Nation Schools, it all comes
down to problem solving.
This might sound like a lengthy
list but, says Bailey, as long as you
instil a love of learning in your child,
you’re halfway there – their craving to
know more about the world around
them will drive them to do the rest.
As Kate Groch of the Good Work
Foundation puts it, “The biggest shift
that has to happen is to stop thinking
in compartments where you
go to school, and then go to
work. Learning isn’t a period
of 12 years while you’re at school,
and then it’s done. Rather, there is an
ecosystem of learning and working.
Learning should be ongoing, so
you continuously look at where
you are, then reinvent yourself.” »