Education, Business, & Passion

Education is a tricky area – I believe that some parts of education are useful. The medical field, architecture, engineering, and technical development, sciences, and more - all of course require a very specific and exact education. Aside from that, there are a million ways to create a job for yourself – there are more opportunities than ever to be an entrepreneur and reach customers digitally around the world. The Internet has expanded incredibly, and I’m quite interested to see what will be available in the next 10 years.

Education, overall, should be more accessible and more affordable. I’ve got a huge amount of student debt that I’m continually paying off monthly. I have a bachelor’s degree in anthropology – I have no regrets on following and learning what I love to learn about, but man, were the costs high. Still, for me, better than having a job being a cog in the wheel in some corporation. I hate business for the sake of business – but if you’re business is bettering the lives of others, then I’m all for it.

We all have unique talents and abilities that need to be used. These days, it’s easier than ever to become successful doing what we love to do. If you love to do something, you’re going to find others willing to work with or pay you for that skill and passion in some form or another. It’s not enough to simply tag on to what’s popular or making money at the moment.

If we try to make business out of what’s currently popular, then we’re always going to be one step behind – looking to our competitors for what to do next. Instead, we need to focus on what’s going to happen next. We need to be smart in seeing what’s going to be the next thing and then understand the trend – staying one step ahead. It’s going to be scary because we’re using guesses, but after we fail, learn, and gain experiences, we’ll become smarter and more business savvy if we’re keen to learn from those failures.

What’s next? Who knows - but passion draws passion, connections, and money. We don’t need to buy into the system of business to “play it safe” and make money. Even if we do something “safe,” it may not be the safest choices for us emotionally or spiritually for that matter. No use in bringing a fat paycheck home if we’re emotionally numb and unavailable to our families. We often forget that money is just paper and numbers on a screen – something made up by society.

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Life, in its purest form, is to be lived fully and well. What’s driving you to succeed – money or passion?