Leaders of the Free World

When I started leadersofthefreeworld.org, one of the objectives was that it could act as a forum for everyone to unite against the norm! I’m very pleased to publish the very first guest post on Leaders of the Free World! Oscar Del Ben from freestyle mind was kind enough to contribute his personal experience as to why you don’t need to go to school to be successful.

Why You Don’t Need to Go to School to Be Successful

I always wondered why schools suck the way they do. I left school when I was 18 because I was simply not learning something useful at that time.

This happened over four years ago. Once I left school, I went to work for more than one year doing manual labor tasks for small companies. I didn’t enjoy it and my parents (along with everyone else) were saying to me that without school I was going to be stuck with laboring for my whole life.

Of course I knew it was just bullshit and after one year I established my own company and started doing consulting. Now, four years later, I’m expanding my business on the internet as I want to create (and live) off passive income. It’ll not be easy but that’s not a reason for me to give up just yet.

What does this story have to do with school? Well, in these four years I studied a lot, I devoured hundreds of books and learnt a foreign language (english).

At some point during the past four years, I realized that the reason people are not successful is simply because of what they learnt at school, or better what they didn’t learn at school.

Being successful is primarily a state of mind. If you don’t have it, it doesn’t matter how much money you have in the bank, you’ll be never be happy. On the other side, having the right mindset makes it straightforward to achieve success.

The problem is that they don’t teach you how to be successful at school, you have to learn it yourself.

School prepares people to join the corporate world, they teach you how to work in a corporate environment, and not how to become a leader.

Here I’m talking about 90% of schools, because I haven’t attended Stanford University, so I don’t know what they do, although most of their courses are available for free online.

And here’s the point – If you want to learn how to be successful and how to develop a successful mindset, you can learn it from books and videos thanks to the Internet.

And you don’t have to buy some secret guide that someone is trying to sell online, you can go just fine with what you can already find for free.

Having said that, schools are not that bad, simply don’t expect them to teach you how to be a leader, because you have to learn it yourself.

Oscar Del Ben is a personal development blogger. He writes about productivity, success and personal growth. You can read his blog at freestylemind.com.

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II always wonder why schools suck the way they do. I left school when I was 18 because I was simply not learning something useful at that time.

This happened over four years ago. Once I left school, I went to work for more than one year doing labor tasks for small companies. I didn't enjoy it and my parents (but basically everyone else) were saying to me that without school I was going to do that work for my whole life.

Of course I knew it was just bullshit, and after one year I opened my own company and started doing consulting. Now, four years later, I'm expanding my business on the internet as I want to create (and live) of passive income. It'll not be easy but that's not a reason for me to give up just yet.

What does this story have to do with school? Well, in these four years I studied a lot, I devoured hundreds of books and learnt a foreign language (english).

At some point during these years, I realized that the reason people are not successful is simply because of what they learnt at school, or better what they don't learn in school.

Being successful is mostly a state of mind. If you don't have it, it doesn't matter how much money you have in the bank, you'll be never be happy. On the other side, having the right mindset makes it straightforward to achieve success.
 always wonder why schools suck the way they do. I left school when I was 18 because I was simply not learning something useful at that time.

This happened over four years ago. Once I left school, I went to work for more than one year doing labor tasks for small companies. I didn't enjoy it and my parents (but basically everyone else) were saying to me that without school I was going to do that work for my whole life.

Of course I knew it was just bullshit, and after one year I opened my own company and started doing consulting. Now, four years later, I'm expanding my business on the internet as I want to create (and live) of passive income. It'll not be easy but that's not a reason for me to give up just yet.

What does this story have to do with school? Well, in these four years I studied a lot, I devoured hundreds of books and learnt a foreign language (english).

At some point during these years, I realized that the reason people are not successful is simply because of what they learnt at school, or better what they don't learn in school.

Being successful is mostly a state of mind. If you don't have it, it doesn't matter how much money you have in the bank, you'll be never be happy. On the other side, having the right mindset makes it straightforward to achieve success.