The next time the kid in your life does something really stupid, repeat this mantra: We are all gifted. We are also, unfortunately, obsessed with measuring giftedness. Maybe this is not such a terrible thing - after all, we live in a world where measurements matter - we all need a certain amount of resources to survive, for example. And we all want our children to grow up with the ability to thrive within the systems that we’ve built. But maybe we need to start with a different premise. Instead of asking who is and isn’t gifted, let’s assume that we are all gifted, and that our task is to better understand the multitude of ways!