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The flipside...
....to that is that learning for its own sake is usually no path to extreme wealth.
Education may not lead to massive bank accounts, but I have little doubt that a lack of it (particularly basic literacy and numeracy) is a path to penury. (But of course, in the context of this thread, the 'education' in question refers to Tertiary)
How well educated (academic) are today's richest billionaires?
Some of pretty well educated and some are just really street smart with high EQ. Motivated to go for higher education? click here cheers PAt
From that list
Wealth seems to be as genetic as blue eyes, of the first 10, at least half inherited wealth... A
Secret to riches
According cen the wise: 1. Luck (born at the right time and place and most importantly the right parents). 2. High ambition paired with hard work. Education helps, but it's not the answer to everything. cen@jkt
The flipside...
....to that is that learning for its own sake is usually no path to extreme wealth. Education may not lead to massive bank accounts, but I have little doubt that a lack of it (particularly basic literacy and numeracy) is a path to penury. (But of course, ...
I think Finance literacy and understanding how $ works is impt. That is not taught in
school though, which is a pity. cheers PAt
Basic finance is very simple
If you have $3k, don't buy Lange. Don't even borrow to buy it. But of course this thinking is not 'current' anymore. cen@jkt
The real purpose of education....
...is to learn how to learn. Learning is a life-long process. More important to a richer life (not talking money, here), is a liberal arts education. Get exposed to a lot of things.
The pattern that seems to come back often is...
either have a bachelor in arts or be a dropout in SOMETHING. From that, I'm thinking that I'll be sending my kids to get a bachelors degree in arts and forcing them to drop out after a few semesters. They will be soooo rich Tien
Hmmm, since I just watched the movie...
Since I just watched the movie The Social Network , Zuckerberg comes to mind. Those guys all got into Harvard so I guess they are well educated enough. -MW
Harvard is more about networking than education
It's hard to get into, but not necessarily a better school for actual learning.
It's a battle to get into ivy league so I get the network would have it's old boys club
benefits. So have we here in PPro! cheers PAt
Interesting you pointed this out. It seems that the richer Tech guys drop out of Grad
school to pursue their dreams and made it big. Founders of Microsoft, Apple, Dell are along that path. cheers PAt
Well
Education is very important to improve yourself, as people says knowledge is power and it is true. you can use your knowledge to make money and grab the opportunity while others not aware of. thats what I have learned during my college time, and i still w...
As a professor...
I can tell you that very, very few of us are on the list of millionaires. However, most of us really enjoy what we do.
Luck and keep on learning
and most important be good to your networking not to step others toe or worst the head as high ambition lead to greed.