Schooled, Not Educated. By-product of a Broken System đźš¨

Ever met someone who’s a walking, talking footnote from a government-funded textbook? I recently had a conversation with one — a dear friend, a product of the broken educational conveyor belt — and it felt like debating a robot programmed to say: “If it’s not peer-reviewed, it doesn’t exist.” Here’s the problem:Our education system isn’t […]

The power of learning is thinking.

In 1937, Napoleon Hill wrote the famous book, “Think and Grow Rich “not read, learn, memorize and grow rich. Reading something is not thinking. When readers move their eyes to grasp quickly the idea of any text, article, or a book, it is called skimming and scanning. Learning is not about reading; it is the thinking part.   Reading is very important, […]

The memorization phenomenon

What is the longest river in the world? Who is the 12th president of the United States? Who invented television? Who invented telephone first? Where is the tallest building in the world? What is the point of memorizing the answers for such questions? Does it measure intelligence? Certainly, no. Google provides all the answers in […]

Are you a doer or a watcher?

By definition, the doers do and the watchers watch. The doers pioneer their way and the watchers just sway. The first are leaders, whereas the second are followers. The doers are entrepreneurs and the watchers are employees. The doers are number one, whereas the watchers are all the other numbers. The doers’ attitude, let’s go […]