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Ingredient for Success
– Thirst for More Knowledge
Though nobody says that
all successful people is well educated of any type, we think it is a very
necessary ingredient for success, of course. You might be noticed that
most of the wealthiest people in the world are not that much educated, you
can see examples as well. The wealthiest human on
earth, Bill Gates was a Harvard dropout, historically famous
American author Mark Twain dropped out of elementary school and looking to
the Indian Scenario, the founder of prominent Indian conglomerate
Reliance, Dhirubhai Ambani is not much educated to the standard of what we
think he should have. There are many examples to prove this. From the
above we can see that these successful people didn’t have the traditional
formal education, which many people think so valuable these days, what
they lacked, they made up for with seeking out knowledge and never
stopping their thirst for more and more knowledge.
The common mistake these days for many people and parents that they are
thinking that getting a college degree will guarantee their kids success.
We strongly stick to this fact, if you see these words of wisdom that were
I seen in a magazine that “College trains you to
be a good employee. It doesn’t train you to be wealthy.” We can
have whatever education and earn various certificates from colleges;
however the colleges do not educate people how to be wealthy, there are
other factors as to how to become wealthy, like the will to learn from
every sources, from wherever possible.
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Successful entrepreneurs
and business leaders, regardless of formal education, all have something
in common—the willingness to continue learning and enhancing their core
competencies. Knowledge is the most valuable investment that you own, and
we are not talking about some university course. Knowledge can come from a
variety of sources. Even most of the people hate to go to boring lectures
in colleges, many of us skipped the boring lectures when we were in
college days and even then we passed all our courses with good marks, just
by reading the materials or from the tuitions we attended. Books were and
still are most peoples’ passion and many people consume them like their
food. This is the same way with many successful people out there; they
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One of the problems of
traditional schooling is that people often do what it takes to get the
degree, as most of us did, but they don’t invest the time towards actually
getting the education. After the degree is received, people get relaxed
and think that their learning is finally over. They go out into the world
and find that they spent 5/6 years of their life learning nothing that can
be applied to the real world realities. To be successful in life requires
a commitment towards life-long learning and for this college educations do
not help us in anyway. The people who are successful realize that their
learning will never stop and they continuously learn various things from
every possible source. They find the way that they enjoy learning and
pursue it passionately, always looking for opportunities to enhance their
knowledge and invest in their own personal growth.
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Successful people do more
than just absorb knowledge, though. They also apply that knowledge to the
real world. They attach the books and tapes with them from the rest of the
world for days on end and absorb that knowledge; but after it is done,
they apply that knowledge either to seminars or their writings or with
their private consultations. And the knowledge that they acquired through
their life help them to be a better teacher, a better consultant, and a
better friend, and it promotes them for their own self-growth and enhances
all of their personal relationships as well. |
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Follow your passions by developing and enhancing your core
competencies—the things that you are great at doing. Figure out what
kind of learning method suits you best and then immerse yourself in
that learning environment. Learning is much like working out at the
gym: You have to practice it regularly and make it a rule of health to
do it consistently. If you are following your passion, then learning
will also be a passion for you.
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I read somewhere that even
watching the birds and animals in the sanctuaries and parks can teach you
something suit to the real world, then next time when you visit such
places, you take a look around and see how the surroundings inspire you. |
Contributing Writer: Satish Nair, I am working in a Indian MNC
and I like to read and write inspirational articles. satish.nair@adityabirla.com
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