Harvard Won"t Teach You This But You Need to Know it
"Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.
" Jim Rohn One thing that they will never teach you in any school, college or university is the fact that your real education starts on the day that you receive your diploma and leave school.
Until that day, all that you've been doing is laying the foundation upon which you can build a real education.
That's a lesson that has not yet reached every one's ear and that is the reason that we see Mensa candidates and Ivy League graduates mopping floors or welfare recipients.
Nothing wrong with mopping floors or welfare if that's what you want to do but it should be an option and not a necessity.
The formal education system might give you a lot of instruction but not much of an education.
That is, upon leaving school, you may have acquired and impressive amount of information but little knowledge as to how all that information should be used.
Knowledge without guidance is moot.
William James Sidis, with an estimated ratio IQ of 250-300 and often cited as one of the most intelligent people who ever lived, is a perfect example of this.
In spite of his exceptional gifts of intelligence and the advantage of a Harvard education, Mr.
Sidis died broke at age 46 without having known happiness or having accomplished anything noteworthy.
The Art of Successful Living is not something that is taught in schools and it's not something that can be learned very effectively by observing our peers or society at large.
If we do what others do, we can only expect to reap what others do; not a very appealing option.
The Art of Successful Living as seen in the world of Self-improvement is a study onto itself that requires as much time and efforts as a college degree.
To think otherwise would be badly misleading.
The Art of Successful living is about understanding the working of the human mind and nothing less.
It's about learning to see the world from a different angle, it's about changing one's overall attitude, it's about changing the way that we see ourselves, it's about opening up to new possibilities and above all, it's about becoming a better and more effective person.
Not an easy task but not an impossible one when taken one step at the time.
The major challenge that is faced when undertaking that self-transformation is changing some fundamental beliefs; changing some disempowering beliefs and replacing them with more dynamic and empowering ones.
We all have some limiting beliefs not the least of which are the beliefs about who we are and what we are capable off.
Frustrations caused by past failures have a way of creating a negative self-image, a low self-esteem and a poor sense of self-worth.
The Art of Successful Living or Self-improvement gives us the tool to change the way that we perceive ourselves and thus expand the scope of what we can accomplish.
It also demystifies the secrets of communication and shows us the way to meaningful and lasting relationships.
Sadly, man is not born with a user's manual and that is the reason why we see so many unhappy and wasted lives.
It does not have to be so.
The Self-improvement world has evolved tremendously and it now contains all the information essential for successful living.
" Jim Rohn One thing that they will never teach you in any school, college or university is the fact that your real education starts on the day that you receive your diploma and leave school.
Until that day, all that you've been doing is laying the foundation upon which you can build a real education.
That's a lesson that has not yet reached every one's ear and that is the reason that we see Mensa candidates and Ivy League graduates mopping floors or welfare recipients.
Nothing wrong with mopping floors or welfare if that's what you want to do but it should be an option and not a necessity.
The formal education system might give you a lot of instruction but not much of an education.
That is, upon leaving school, you may have acquired and impressive amount of information but little knowledge as to how all that information should be used.
Knowledge without guidance is moot.
William James Sidis, with an estimated ratio IQ of 250-300 and often cited as one of the most intelligent people who ever lived, is a perfect example of this.
In spite of his exceptional gifts of intelligence and the advantage of a Harvard education, Mr.
Sidis died broke at age 46 without having known happiness or having accomplished anything noteworthy.
The Art of Successful Living is not something that is taught in schools and it's not something that can be learned very effectively by observing our peers or society at large.
If we do what others do, we can only expect to reap what others do; not a very appealing option.
The Art of Successful Living as seen in the world of Self-improvement is a study onto itself that requires as much time and efforts as a college degree.
To think otherwise would be badly misleading.
The Art of Successful living is about understanding the working of the human mind and nothing less.
It's about learning to see the world from a different angle, it's about changing one's overall attitude, it's about changing the way that we see ourselves, it's about opening up to new possibilities and above all, it's about becoming a better and more effective person.
Not an easy task but not an impossible one when taken one step at the time.
The major challenge that is faced when undertaking that self-transformation is changing some fundamental beliefs; changing some disempowering beliefs and replacing them with more dynamic and empowering ones.
We all have some limiting beliefs not the least of which are the beliefs about who we are and what we are capable off.
Frustrations caused by past failures have a way of creating a negative self-image, a low self-esteem and a poor sense of self-worth.
The Art of Successful Living or Self-improvement gives us the tool to change the way that we perceive ourselves and thus expand the scope of what we can accomplish.
It also demystifies the secrets of communication and shows us the way to meaningful and lasting relationships.
Sadly, man is not born with a user's manual and that is the reason why we see so many unhappy and wasted lives.
It does not have to be so.
The Self-improvement world has evolved tremendously and it now contains all the information essential for successful living.
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