If You Want To Be Rich And Happy, Don't Go To School

Looking at that title, you might think I am anti- education, some might even go further to call me Boko Haram, well, obviously not, as a teacher, I preach education as a requirement for success in life. However I have realized that today on the average, the more you go to school, the less chance you have to be financially independent. The problem is not the educational institution as a body, but the content, philosophy and mindset it creates in us, which cages us and makes it difficult for us to think outside the box. Regrettably, our school system only prepares us for the labor market to work as employees. Lets face it, the bitter truth is, if you remain an employee, you can never be rich (whether you work in Chevron or Zenith bank or community secondary school). How can you say you are rich when someone controls your time (remember that whosoever controls your time controls your life), when you resume and when you should have lunch! The truth is, if you remain an employee, you will never be rich. Brian Tracy said, "half of the American graduates work for people who didn't finish high school".

Why is it that people without certificates tend to attain financial freedom while our Masters and Ph.D holders remain poor. I will give a scenario, some years back, Dangote cement published a vacancy for truck drivers, among those who applied where 600 graduates and 9 Ph.D holders. One of the Ph.D holders was interviewed and he said he had passion for driving trucks! Its quite funny, but this is what our schools have turned us into, we rather seek for a job (no matter how small it is) rather than look for an opportunity to attain financial freedom. Robert Kiyosaki, one of the best financial experts around said, " the world has moved on, the industrial age where certificates were required has passed, we are now in the information age". This simply means, we are in the age where we should seek information, process it and sell it. The more information we sell, the more money in our pocket.

Our schools have failed us because it has not been able to equip us with skills to survive in this present times. The jobs we are been prepared for are no where to be found, not only in Nigeria but all over the world. Downsizing, mergers and acquisitions, retrenchments, retirements are an everyday occurrence, its only a matter of time before one of them catches up with you.

The only way out of the rat race is stepping out boldly, face your fears and become an entrepreneur. There are opportunities out there. I always say, being poor is not lack of money, but it is Passing Over Opportunities Repeatedly. If you really want to be rich and happy, forget schooling, forget certificates, forget salary (Something always low and reduces you), find an opportunity, develop yourself, build a business and enjoy financial freedom.

For ideas and existing opportunities to build yourself a business, send me a message through my contact page. God bless you.