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Your education BEGINS at graduation. It does not end at graduation.
MJ Demarco of The Millionaire Fastlane, explaining this point:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDm7M3asO5o
To the young bucks - the things you learn in school and the types of skills/experiences you need to make a business profitable and successful are, for the most part, entirely separate.
Particularly in the context of entrepreneurship - understanding the skill in theory is not enough. Even understanding it in practice is not enough. Being able to execute upon that skill and deliver results superior to what your competitors can do (and keeping the cost of execution low) is what is going to set you apart.
A suggestion I would give to young bucks is that your ACADEMIC or SCHOLARLY learning should be kept absolutely and strictly separate from your HUSTLER TOOLS learning.
Academic/Scholar learning: East Asian Political Economy, British Literature 101, Finance 220, International Economics, Ethics, European History 420
Hustler Tools learning: learn how to code at http://www.codeacademy.com ; learn graphic design at http://www.udemy.com ; learn photoshop and finalcut pro also at udemy.com ; get on http://www.italki.com and take skype language lessons
There are certain kinds of learning that will make you an educated global citizen. This is scholarly and academic learning. That is why you go to university and study abroad.
Other kinds of learning will be hard technical skills and rigorously acquired experiences that will help you build cash. This is why you are learning how to code while your friends are at the bar. This is why you are doing internships with the chamber of commerce in Shanghai or working with prominent ecommerce startups in Brazil.
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I humbly suggest that you separate these two types of education in your mind.
Neither is more important or superior to the other. One will make you an educated citizen of the world and the other will make you wealthy.
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Your education BEGINS at graduation. It does not end at graduation.
MJ Demarco of The Millionaire Fastlane, explaining this point:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDm7M3asO5o
To the young bucks - the things you learn in school and the types of skills/experiences you need to make a business profitable and successful are, for the most part, entirely separate.
Particularly in the context of entrepreneurship - understanding the skill in theory is not enough. Even understanding it in practice is not enough. Being able to execute upon that skill and deliver results superior to what your competitors can do (and keeping the cost of execution low) is what is going to set you apart.
A suggestion I would give to young bucks is that your ACADEMIC or SCHOLARLY learning should be kept absolutely and strictly separate from your HUSTLER TOOLS learning.
Academic/Scholar learning: East Asian Political Economy, British Literature 101, Finance 220, International Economics, Ethics, European History 420
Hustler Tools learning: learn how to code at http://www.codeacademy.com ; learn graphic design at http://www.udemy.com ; learn photoshop and finalcut pro also at udemy.com ; get on http://www.italki.com and take skype language lessons
There are certain kinds of learning that will make you an educated global citizen. This is scholarly and academic learning. That is why you go to university and study abroad.
Other kinds of learning will be hard technical skills and rigorously acquired experiences that will help you build cash. This is why you are learning how to code while your friends are at the bar. This is why you are doing internships with the chamber of commerce in Shanghai or working with prominent ecommerce startups in Brazil.
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I humbly suggest that you separate these two types of education in your mind.
Neither is more important or superior to the other. One will make you an educated citizen of the world and the other will make you wealthy.
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