She Saw Her Dream Job in a Movie, Then Made It Her Reality

她在一部电影中看到了她梦想中的工作,然后把它变成了现实

Good Life Project

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2015-08-04

1 小时 6 分钟
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Today's guest, Dr. Alice Wilder, is one of the creative geniuses behind some of the biggest kids' "edutainment" juggernauts in history, from Blues Clues to Speakaboos and the recent Emmy Award-winning Amazon Kids program, Tumble Leaf. Her entire journey, though, might never have happened but for the fact that one person, in her case a teacher, noticed something special and "sparked" her curiosity and, in turn, her life. In this week's conversation, we talk about her fantastic adventure. We discover how "being Josh" in the famed Tom Hanks movie, Big, fueled a dream that then turned into a profoundly rewarding living and life. We dive into what the word "sparking" is all about, how a single person or moment can change everything and how you can be that catalyst both for others and for yourself. And, we talk about the power of curiosity, of reconnecting with your inner kid, a willingness to try and fail and just move on. We explore the joy and illumination that comes along with learning from and working with kids and the absolute egoless honesty they bring with them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Kids are active participants of media.

  • It might look like in some cases they're sitting back, but they're still taking meaning away.

  • So what meaning are they taking away?

  • What are you going to give them through the gift of whatever this content is?

  • So you may not know Doctor Alice Wilder's name, but you absolutely know her work.

  • If you've been a parent or you've been around kids in any way, shape or form.

  • She's the Emmy award winning co creator and producer of some of the huge kids educational programs.

  • Things like blues clues, super why.

  • And the thing that she actually just won the Emmy for Tumbleleaf, the beautiful thing is that she's this incredible blend of deep, deep curiosity about children, about learning, and about how to blend together media and entertainment and powerful, powerful education to light up kids.

  • And the conversation talks about her beautiful journey.

  • But also it applies a lot of these same ideas to how we as adults can tap into a vein of curiosity, really reconnect with the burning questions in our lives to build extraordinary careers, relationships and lives.

  • I'm Jonathan Fields.

  • This is Good Life project.

  • Today's episode is brought to you by Camp Good Life Project.

  • Now you guys have probably heard me jamming about this for couple of months now.

  • We literally take over kids sleepaway camp about 90 minutes outside of New York City for three and a half days at the end of August.

  • And if you're listening to this in real time, that's just about a month from now.

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