I came from poverty.
I knew I had one shot at a formal education
and that formal education had to be worth
the sacrifices.
When I chose my field of study,
I made damn sure
the investment in my education
would pay off
with a job after graduation,
a job I could eventually earn a good living with.
Some of my buddies had no idea
what they’d do after graduation.
Their thinking was
that an education was enough
to become successful.
Many of them graduated
to find they weren’t employable.
One of these ways
is how the rich view education.
“Many world-class performers
have little formal education, and
have amassed their wealth
through the acquisition and
subsequent sale of specific knowledge.”
“Meanwhile, the masses are
convinced that master’s degrees
and doctorates are the way to wealth,
mostly because they are trapped
in the linear line of thought
that holds them back
from higher levels of consciousness…
The wealthy aren’t interested in the means,
only the end.”
Education isn’t enough.
It is what you do with that education
that matters.