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While different people will have different opinions about "education" and its value, I don`t know anyone who wouldn`t agree that "learning more" is better than "knowing less".
Education, as I define it for this article, includes school, seminars, workshops and all manner of formal approaches; as well as coaching, mentoring, apprenticeships, focused reading, online learning, planned experiences and more. As you read this article I urge you to think broadly and expansively about your definition of education.
Regardless of how you feel about "formal" education, and regardless of many examples we could cite of people with PhD`s who have underachieved or sixth grade dropouts who achieved at the highest levels, it is hard to argue with the premise in the title that education is a wise investment.
So, you could ask, why write this article if I feel like everyone agrees with the basic premise?
Two reasons: I want to expand your thinking about what education and learning means, and I want to convince/remind you that this isn`t an argument about "others," the young or out of work for instance, but that it is about every one of us.
So please read the rest of this article, and the questions at the end, with one eye on the words and one eye looking in the mirror.
In other words, I`m writing to you.
As you look at any investment in any situation, you must examine what you will gain compared to what it will cost.
When you compare those things you can determine the return on your investment. Your costs in this calculation are time, energy, focus and, yes, money. Consider those and compare them to the returns described below.
The Seven Reasons
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