Education
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What is school for?
When I was in college, I can hear my classmates express their displeasure concerning the hours wasted memorizing a formula they will never use after graduation. Listening to their well-thought complaint, I can’t help think the same way. Why do we have to study things we never plan to pursue? Why can’t we instead focus Read more
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The gradual process of leadership
Leadership isn’t something that people hand to you. You don’t do followership for years and then someone anoints you and says, “here.” In fact, it’s a gradual process, one where you take responsibility years before you are given authority. Stop Stealing Dreams Read more
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Losing potential
The industrialized system of schooling doesn’t have a lot of time to jump-start those who start a bit behind, doesn’t go out of its way to nurture the slow starter. It’s easier to bring everyone up to a lowered average instead. Stop Stealing Dreams Read more
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Studying to pass
If you are reading this, most probably, you’ve gone to school. To be exact, you’ve spent more than 15 years in school. I am not sure about you, but for me, it felt like I went to school to pass exams. For sure, I learned a couple of things, but most of the years I Read more
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Binge learning
While some people are binge-watching another Netflix series for the nth time, I am binge-learning free online courses in Coursera. Who doesn’t like free stuff, right? Upon writing, I am already enrolled in two courses and three specializations (where two of them covers four courses and the other five). That’s a total of 15 courses. Read more
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Learning something new
There’s nothing more humbling as learning something new. Why? Because you are forced to admit that you’ve known nothing much about what you are trying to learn. You may appear vulnerable, but this kind of openness allows you to learn better. Remember, you never criticize a toddler who is learning to walk and talk. Instead, Read more
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