Lesson 1: Kid’s wishes will get you right to the intersection of creativity and rationality.

In 1968, George Land took a test he’d developed for the NASA, aimed at determining how creative people are and decided to give it to children . It worked so flawlessly, that he thought even children could do it. He was right. And they passed with flying colors.

Among 1,600 kids, who were all five years old at the time, creativity was sky-high. 98% of them were ranked on the far creative end of the spectrum.