WELCOME TO THE FUTURE LEARNERS PODCAST

This is the first Future Learners episode created for Euka students. If you're in high school and still working out what you're good at, keynote speaker and mentor Amanda Rose has a simple place to start: begin with what you enjoy, try lots of different things, and stick with them long enough to get better.

Ellen Brown asks Amanda what realising your potential means, what employers look for in young people, and how to build resilience when things go wrong. Parents will find plenty in it too, including Amanda's advice on building a teenager's confidence without pushing too hard.

Meet Amanda Rose, keynote speaker and mentor

Amanda is a keynote speaker, mentor, and media commentator. She appears on 2GB, Sky News, and the Today show. She founded Entrepreneurial & Small Business Women Australia and Western Sydney Women, and she is a director at Women in AI Australia.

She also runs The Future is Bright confidence workshops in high schools, so she spends a lot of her time with students. She describes herself as "a facilitator of success": someone who opens a door, gives the advice, or offers the encouragement a person needs to take the next step.

Key discussion points

• Everyone has a natural talent. Amanda believes everyone is born with at least one skill worth nurturing, whether that's sport, music, building things, or encouraging people.
• Finish what you start. Amanda says small achievements build confidence.
• Realising your potential has no finish line. It's ongoing, and it isn't always quick.
• Effort counts for more than experience. Amanda says effort is the number one skill young people can show employers.
• Resilience can be learnt. It grows each time you get through something hard and keep moving forward.
• Parents can help by setting goals together. Amanda suggests one serious goal and one life goal.

How to work out what you're good at

Amanda's advice for a 15-year-old who isn't sure what they're good at is to start with what they enjoy. You don't have to be good at it yet. Soccer stars aren't born good at soccer, she says; it's a skill they nurtured.

You've got a skill, you've got a natural born skill, right? Everyone does. And it could be a range of different things… we've all got one or more skill sets that we need to nurture. — Amanda Rose, Keynote Speaker and Mentor

It doesn't have to be what everyone else is doing. Amanda suggests asking yourself whether you like using your hands, building things, thinking about strategy, speaking, or knitting. Then test different things and volunteer at different places, which you can do without spending any money.

Ellen says many Euka students can get through their lessons in about two hours a day, which leaves time to volunteer or pick up something new. Every place her own children volunteered told them to come back when they wanted a job.

Why you shouldn't give up halfway

Once you've picked something, Amanda says to persevere. Achieving something, even something small like finishing one row or one square of knitting, builds your confidence. If you get into a pattern of giving up halfway, she says, you'll never feel satisfied that you've achieved anything.

Amanda adds that social media wants you to get instant gratification, and anything worthwhile isn't instant.

What does realising your potential mean?

For Amanda, realising your potential means becoming who you're meant to be, and it doesn't stop. You don't win one thing and decide you're done, but that doesn't mean you should be striving all the time without enjoying where you are.

She believes you can realise your potential at any time, even after a hard month or a hard year. But "the second you give up on yourself, you're giving up on that potential."

As you grow, you may find you don't fit with some of your friends anymore. Amanda's advice is not to let that stop you: keep investing in yourself, keep trying new things, and keep moving forward.

It's never too late to catch up on learning

Ellen often hears students who missed school say they're "dumb at maths". She sees it differently: they've missed some of the building blocks, and those can be learnt. Amanda adds that some people start undergraduate degrees in their fifties, so missing a couple of years is no big deal.

Amanda was the first on either side of her family to go to university. She failed her first year and repeated subjects, then finished her three-year degree in four years. She's now studying a Master of Business Law at the University of Sydney.

Have faith in your ability to learn. You're not supposed to turn up and know it. You're supposed to turn up and learn it. — Amanda Rose, Keynote Speaker and Mentor

She also encourages students not to walk away from the subjects that are hard, because they're probably the ones that will teach you the most.

What skills do employers look for in young people?

The number one skill, Amanda says, is effort. Even if you're nervous or think the job isn't for you, put in the effort and let them work out the rest.

Effort in how you dress, effort in how you speak, give them eye contact, effort in responding… effort is respect. — Amanda Rose, Keynote Speaker and Mentor

They respected you enough to invite you in, she says, so respect them back: be on time, and don't mock people or act silly because you feel insecure. You don't need experience or expensive clothes. Turning up clean, on time, and ready to talk shows an employer you're mature enough to do the job, and employers want you to succeed.

For more on life after homeschooling, see How Does Homeschooling Affect Your Career Options?

The power of silence

Amanda's advice is to get comfortable with silence. In an interview, staying quiet after you've answered a question shows you're confident in what you said. When you feel uncomfortable, staying quiet is better than laughing nervously, because acting silly draws attention to yourself.

How to build resilience as a teenager

Amanda believes resilience can be learnt, and that most young people are more resilient than they give themselves credit for. For her, resilience means going through something hard without letting it stop you. Ask yourself what you can learn, what you'd do differently, and what other opportunities there are, then keep moving forward, even if it's slow.

The next time something similar happens, you won't react as much. Your resilience also builds, she says, when you help someone going through what you went through.

How to handle criticism and rejection

Amanda says the more you rely on others for validation, the more their rejection will affect you. If your day depends on whether someone smiles at you, their bad mood becomes your bad mood. Her advice is to flip it: be happy with who you are, don't keep putting yourself in a position to be rejected, and get on with your goals.

How parents can build a teenager's confidence without pushing too hard

Amanda's number one tip for parents is to help your child have a goal, however small. Sit down together and talk about what they like and want to do. If they say "I don't know", she suspects they may be scared to say it in case they don't achieve it.

She usually suggests a serious goal, such as getting a job or saving for a car, and a life goal, such as learning to cook or being nicer to a sibling. Set a time frame, and stick with each goal to the end before changing it.

At home, she'd keep phones out of the kitchen and family room. Cooking together, reading a recipe aloud, and talking with eye contact all practise the communication skills young people need for presenting, meetings, and the workplace. Our article 8 Tips on Raising Confident Teens has more ideas.

Why this episode matters

Working out what you're good at, putting in effort, and bouncing back from setbacks are skills students use long after school, whether they head to university, TAFE, or straight into work. Amanda's message is that everyone has potential, you can start realising it at any time, and you don't need a 10-year plan to take the first step. Start with a goal for this week.

For parents, the episode is a reminder that confidence grows from small goals, finishing what you start, and everyday conversations at home.

Share this episode with a student

Know a student who's still working out what they're good at? Send them this episode, or listen to it together.

Questions answered in this episode

About the host and guest

Ellen Brown is Euka's co-founder and Head of Education. She is a qualified teacher, a mother of five, and has homeschooled for 12 years.

Amanda Rose is a keynote speaker, mentor, media commentator, and founder of Entrepreneurial & Small Business Women Australia and Western Sydney Women.

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