Coloroso: Impulsive kids make phenomenal lifeguards and EMTs, not brain surgeons
Barbara Coloroso · #44 Barbara Coloroso: The Kids Are Worth It · Oct 30, 2018 · at 1:04:38
Author Barbara Coloroso discusses how behavioral traits often seen as liabilities, such as impulsivity, can be directed toward specific vocations.
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“Kids who are impulsive make phenomenal, I mean this very seriously, phenomenal lifeguards. They make wonderful EMTs and paramedics, lousy brain surgeons, but I don't need a brain surgeon in the back of an ambulance. I need somebody who uses their impulse quickly, and they've got it trained.”
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