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Developing Your Inner Voice
The skill of forming and trusting your own perspective, convictions, and authentic self — and the importance of cultivating this in both children growing up with AI and adults working alongside it. In a world where AI can generate infinite opinions, having your own becomes essential.
Where it comes from
Dianne Penn, first on what she's teaching her kids (ages 4 and 8): > “Curiosity for learning, persistence, believing in your own inner voice, developing and then believing in your own inner voice... It's on me to help them develop their inner voice — whether that's being opinionated and taking a stance to me, and developing that, encouraging that.” (~1:14:27) And from her trading days at JP Morgan: > “I learned that building my sense of authentic self — and that even if I was the most junior person, even if I may look different, that the best ideas and having conviction in the best ideas regardless of all of those other factors is the most important thing.” (~1:30:14)
The most important thing to develop — in kids, in yourself, in your team — is the ability to form and trust your own perspective. AI will always be better at generating alternatives. Only you can have your voice.