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How to Prepare Students for a Changing World | Barry Garapedian on Value Creation, Mindset, and Success
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Are we preparing young people to follow instructions or to solve real problems? We explore a better path with Barry Garapedian—financial advisor, mentor, and author of Winning the Game of Life—who makes a compelling case for teaching value creation as the antidote to uncertainty, inflation, and the AI upheaval. Together, we unpack the hidden curriculum, why compliance still shadows classrooms, and how to build graduates who contribute, not just compete.
Barry maps out his Seven Fs—family, faith, friends, fitness, financial, fun, philanthropy—as a practical life blueprint. We dig into the systems that turn big ideas into daily progress: mentors over guesswork, a color-coded calendar, KPIs for sleep and routines, and 90-day goals across work, personal growth, and wellness. He shares the “impossible goal” that raises your baseline, plus a decision-board approach that keeps your aspirations visible and actionable.
We go tactical with micro-leadership: “practice going first,” replace weasel words, and learn to hold “third vault” conversations that create trust and impact. Barry reframes ADHD as a superpower when paired with structure, and offers an anxiety playbook—never worry alone, get the facts, make a plan. For parents and educators, we lay out how to allow healthy struggle while opening doors to mentors and networks. For students, we emphasize AQ—adaptability—as the new edge in an AI-powered economy, backed by four reliability habits anyone can master.
By the end, you’ll have a toolkit to help young adults measure ROI as return on impact, choose better books and better rooms, and codify shared values with a family constitution. Ready to shift from achievement to contribution and help the next generation become confident problem solvers? Follow the show, share with someone who needs a nudge, and leave a review to help more listeners find us.
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Chapters
1. How to Prepare Students for a Changing World | Barry Garapedian on Value Creation, Mindset, and Success (00:00:00)
2. Setting The Stakes For Graduates (00:00:38)
3. The Hidden Curriculum Explained (00:01:45)
4. Value Creation vs Compliance (00:02:32)
5. Introducing Barry And His Framework (00:03:35)
6. The Seven Fs Of A Life Blueprint (00:03:56)
7. Mentors, Process, And KPIs (00:04:50)
8. Vision Boards And Impossible Goals (00:06:44)
9. Practice Going First And Lead (00:08:04)
10. Fail Forward And Ditch Weasel Words (00:09:31)
11. Three Vault Conversations And Giving (00:10:57)
12. Building Extraordinary Through Coaching (00:12:41)
13. Healthy Struggle And Access (00:13:34)
14. AQ Adaptability And AI (00:14:54)
15. Hire Problem Solvers, Not Robots (00:15:43)
16. Books, People, And Your Circle (00:17:07)
17. Mentors And Real-World Learning (00:18:22)
18. ADHD As Structure And Superpower (00:19:02)
19. Anxiety Playbook: Facts And Plans (00:20:20)
20. Networking For Introverts (00:21:25)
21. Family Constitutions And Legacy (00:22:29)
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