Sunday, November 07, 2010

If you can solve a problem, someone will hire you

How self-education and the pursuit of passion beat formal education
I don't want this article to be one of the trendy critics about our obsolete education system. However, maybe it will be one at the end.


Fortunately every human is unique with his/her own passion for something. They might tell us, that we represent one nation or one school. But everyone should not forget, that there is still you. You, with your own favourite meal, your own favourite TV show and your own problems. What would happen if we could learn what we love to do? Would the world be a better place?

You might hear people saying, that you need specific classifications or degrees to climb the ladder? There are several options I think:

  • When you love what  you do, the classifications or degrees are not real hurdles. You will do everything you can to reach your goal and you love doing it. But keep in mind, degrees and classifications have been set up, to have a nationwide/world wide standard in the system. You might consider thinking outside the box as well. What is given you at school or university is not the world we actually live in!
  • You have an idea and passion and you could spent hours on this, go for it. It might be absurd at the beginning and people might belittle you for this .... but always remember, every ground-breaking invention in the last 200 years was belittled at the beginning. Play the game in the system's ethically and legally borders. To fulfil your dream and become successful (whatever it means for you) you don't have to follow every rule (i.e. to get a job)

As the title says, if you can solve a problem, someone will hire you. Most people don't care how you do it. Make yourself known as this specific problem solver and people will knock on your door. If you love what you do, people will feel and see it. Your passion creates a bright sparkling aura around you and people love to be around you. They will start listen to you and follow your advise, because they know they can trust you.


You can't Believe in bHIP until You Believe in Yourself – Terry LaCore

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