Should I go to college? ooh! loaded
question. And, mom and dad if you're
watching this, I hope I do right by your
youngsters that might be watching this.
This is Kris Krohn with RETV and
we're going to investigate the value of
college
Should I go to college? Frankly? it
depends. What do you want to do, and what
do you want to be? But, let's ask this
question a little differently, should I
get an education? Yes! get as much of the
right kind of relevant education that
you possibly can and we do live in a
society that values only certain types
of genius. Throughout highschool, what
were they testing on math, and science
right? a little bit of history well the
reality is that between you and I,
between the whole world there are
countless numbers of genius. For example,
I got a sister she is not good at math.
She thinks that a dozen is ten. Doesn't
know that it's actually 12. But she can
sit down a piano and play the most
beautiful music right out of her head.
We're all genius you and I in different
ways. And, whatever that geniuses you need
to get a matching education that unlocks
that. Which means that we got to
customize. Some people think that college
is for everyone. Listen, I got four kids
and right now I'm raising him telling
him to get good grades I am preparing
them for college. And, college may well in
fact be where their next step lies but,
also not their final step. Ultimately I
want to give my children and myself
during all ages of my life, an education
that matches my inner genius, my purpose,
and where I want to be. We go to college
in the first place because we're looking
for education a piece of paper that says
that we're smart. But don't miss what
you're really looking for. Ultimately, the
world is not always there to tell you
what is in your highest and best
interest at some point who needs to do
that? You do. and we all need some type of
education. I believe in fact I hope to be
educating throughout my entire life. And,
I've received two different type of
major education one was from college. I
got my degree. Part of it was so that my
mother-in-law wouldn't kill me. I already had a
thriving business and growing and I
didn't want to get in trouble with my
family that have these strong ideals and
you know, I think I probably would have
finished it anyway because I wanted
to finish what I started. But there was a
second education I got that was so
life-changing for me and it was working
with a mentor. So imagine a professor
that doesn't just have
book smarts but imagine a man or a woman that
has street smarts. Someone has been in
the real world making choices. And one is
not better than the other. It comes down
to your vocation. You know, if you want to
be a doctor, man I hope you go to the
best and brightest medical school out
there work from those teachers and
professors to ultimately figure out how
to how to rock those sciences. Please
get good grades because, when I kept
myself I'd love for you to create a nice
clean stitch line and be awesome. But,
there are other vocations out there
where decrees become less and less
meaningful but not necessarily education.
You know, for example I'm an entrepreneur.
And, I've had many mentors that have
helped teach me how to do business.
Things that I learned in the real world
with people with street smarts that I
would have never learned in the
university right? But, I want to learn to
meet things there too. Real estate
investing. There's nothing I could have
ever learned in a university anywhere
near as powerful than my
multi-millionaire mentors they were all
able to teach me the ropes of real
estate not including, you know, including the
school of hard knocks right? Mentoring
has been my greatest accelerant to
getting where I want to go. So, if I have
a bias between the 2 I've got four
little kids and I'm educating them. Get
educated. Do well as do well in school. Be
smart and learn how to learn. But if
you want to get anywhere in life beyond
the few things that trait that take true
vocational training like being the judge,
like being a doctor, a lawyer, some of
these different things where you have to
go to college and get certified for
every degree like that there's I don't
know what percent but the majority don't
require that. I don't need a degree in
visual arts or dancing or, or, even
sometimes business management depending
on whether I'm going to be an
intrepreneur, or entrepreneur meaning
grow someone else's business or grow my
own business. Mentors for me bridge the
gap. And so, get the right education that
you need. For me, in my case, in my life,
mentors that have already been where I
want to be that can dish up the
shortcuts nice thing about working with
them it's not about a four-year program
or a 2 year program, it's about what is it
going to take? and then let's do it. And
so ultimately, yes, get yourself educated
as much as you can but get the right
education to really make the deepest
impact that is going to fulfill you.
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