1. Forget Money 2. Be Selfish 3. Save The World!

Whaaaat?!!? How can one be selfish and forget about the money? And how can we save the world by being selfish at all? Have you completely lost it, my dear fellow? Shall I order you a straight-jacket perhaps?

The "dear fellow" is absolutely right. Many students have absolutely no idea what they want to do with the rest of their lifes after graduation. This is because they don't ask themselves what they want to do, but rather seek a profession that will make them enough money. This is such a terrible waste of human time and energy that could have been spent on the creation of life-changing technology, art, athletes and so on. Humankind's greatest achievements have been realized by free minds that didn't let money ruin the outcome of their creative mental equation.

Just ask yourself: what would I do if I didn't have to worry about the money? You would do something you love. And you would become good at it, maybe even great. You would have a chance to experience the feeling described by top-athletes and artists in creative fits, as being in "the zone", the feeling that you have been taken over and everything just flows into and out of you with no perceived effort whatsoever. Feeling the flow...

I heard this eye-opening account from someone who was my guest here before, Alan Watts. He asks students what they would do if money were no object, and tells them to do that:

Another favorite to illustrate how education is only seen as a preparation for you professional life, and not your most optimal life, is this lovely speech by Sir Ken Robinson:

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