Importance of Education

I have always wondered what it means to continue being educated throughout your life and never stop. I mean sure, it can mean just reading all your life and learning new things every day. That is something I can definitely relate with! But then, according to most success mentors, one must spend about 10% of his income on education or professional development! If that’s the case, then it could either mean the cost of the books, which is silly because no matter how expensive books are, it can’t be 10% of your income—unless you are making very little and reading A LOT!

In the past 5 months or so, I have had the pleasure to get acquainted with one form of “professional development” through the online course of Darren Hardy’s Insane Productivity. I also had the pleasure to join him at a seminar where he briefly discussed the entire program and more. He’s truly something. His talk along with the modules he has created and the worksheets, I feel that since 5 months ago, I’m a whole other person. It’s as he said it himself in the seminar, I’m completely unrecognizable to myself!

In addition, I have only recently taken a Business course at a Community College, which I’ve come to know, is another way of spending 10% of your income on professional development. Learning a new subject through the medium of classes with a physical professor and learning environment is definitely very different from self-studying.

In the end, the importance of education speaks for itself. Throughout your life, you may be forced to get educated for 12-13 years of your life (kintergarden to high school) and then feel the desire to do it because of society’s rules and its norm by attending college for however long your major would require it but then stop. After a certain stage, society no longer forces you to continue your education, but one must proactively continue his education and go against society if needed to do so! Thus, it is the combination of self-studying, attending “college” classes, and taking real or virtual courses or seminars that will put you on the top, if that is where you want to be.