You didn't really learn anything from school

BROJO Asia / Pacific

Michael Wells

Here's Perhaps a Controversial Statement

You didn't really learn anything from school.

If you stopped your education at 18, or even after University, then you still haven't started learning. Or perhaps more accurately, you haven’t been taught the most important things you actually need to know.

I want you think about these three topics in particular:

• managing resources, like budgeting and investing money, negotiation and sales skills.
• building relationships with people, like communicating in effective ways to create healthy connections, loyalty and respect
• building self-confidence, like finding your core values and developing a strong psyche.

Now think back over your entire school experience and ask yourself, Which classes covered those topics? Where were the classes on personal wealth creation? Where were the classes on healthy confrontation t...