They interview a bunch of fascinating people who achieved this and developed a framework for how to succeed using a different approach-the Dark Horse Covenant. Rose and Ogas wanted to explore the idea of the Dark Horse, someone who becomes wildly successful without following the traditional path. Meanwhile Ogi dropped out of 4 different colleges and struggled to hold down a 9-5 job before becoming a neuroscientist and a $500k winner of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Rose was a high school dropout who eventually made his way to becoming the director of the Mind, Brain, and Education program at Harvard University. Rose and Ogas both see themselves as not well suited to the Standardization Covenant.
My book notes will focus on the first two parts and leave the important policy advocacy to policymakers and education leaders.
The book is part stories, part strategy, and part call to transform society to support a world where more people can be successful without having to force themselves into the Standardization Covenant. Thanks to my writing assistant Rhea for helping me on the 1st draft here. All quotes are from Dark Horse / Todd Rose & Ogi Ogas unless specified. This promise eventually became so firmly entrenched in American society (and calcified into an even more rigid form in Europe, and petrified into an utterly inflexible form in Asia) that it assumed the form of a fundamental social contract"
"If you can follow the straight path to its destination, you will be granted employment, social status, and financial security. In Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment, authors Todd Rose and Ogi Ogas call this the "Standardization Covenant" where we trade personal fulfillment in pursuit of a ladder of professional excellence. Forbes 30 under 30, Y Combinator, Guggenheim Fellowship) will open the doors to future success.
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