Many of the world’s problems go back to a lack of knowledge and experience. Low paying jobs, spread of disease, inefficient agriculture, and loss of income due to outsourcing or automation are just some of the “lack of education plights” that people face in North America or abroad. Education empowers you with the knowledge needed to change undesirable situations that you are in. It provides independence from relying on a particular employer or means of sustaining yourself. It provides the flexibility to adapt to changing world conditions. It is amazingly powerful if taken advantage of.

Health and education are the only two things that you need to become prosperous in this world, regardless of what the rest of your situation may be like. Starting with money certainly helps but it is completely unnecessary for success. In fact the biggest obstacle of not starting out with me isn’t the lack of money itself, it’s the self-created illusion of an unfair and insurmountable barrier that it generates. It is ok to start with little and build up intelligently. The person who knows how to do this can create a great empire, while an uneducated person with a lot of wealth will squander it all and become poor.

I am at a point where I am confident that even if I should lose everything, given time and perserverance I can build myself back up to where I am now and beyond. I hold this confidence because I know that I am able to apply existing skills and learn new ones to start making a living for myself and begin to rebuild. My future prosperity is not tied to existing streams of income and I am comfortable with the idea of completely changing how I make money in the future. Just by knowing this I am able to intelligently manage risk and keep forward, rather than being paralyzed by a mentality of fear and scarcity. That is a tremendous sense of freedom, and it is afforded by embracing education.

Education provides control over your life like nothing else can. With its tremendous role in the successful attainment of goals I figured that it’s important to post this reminder of why it should continue to be a constant element in your life. Read everything you can, pick-up highly marketable skills, and most importantly learn how to learn new ideas and concepts so that in a rapidly changing world you are never obsolete. Do not ignore the basic life skills in favor of only persuing your chosen field either. Effective communication, networking, basic financial management, and business/career management skills are vital. How versatile are you against change? What would happen if you are laid off tomorrow or your business collapses? Would this be a new opportunity for you or a crisis?

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