I came up with this idea kind of out of necessity. I just graduated from highschool and already have two years of college under my belt, but somehow managed to get accepted to a total of zero of the schools I wanted to go to. I am actually a really good student (3.9 gpa), but one who is mostly in it for the learning. My optimal lifestyle is to be a navy seal (and then hopefully on to the cia or whatever after that). I realized that the navy will pay for me to get a degree (if I ever need one, and I might not ever need one). Then I realized that if I went to college I couldn’t do most of the things I dream about (ie moving to other countries, picking up odd jobs that I have always wanted to experience, etc). Also, college, in a way, forces you to be balanced which isn’t the best thing for beginning entrepreneurs. But anyways – enough rambling – thanks for this post, as it helped me justify what I am doing, even though I know already that I will learn way more than most of my peers by doing this.

Thanks for the great blog – I just barely discovered it. I love your idea of starting a blog as a means of reaching your end goal or lifestyle.

I could go on and on, but really I think my point is that there are a million different ways to end up at the same destination. Some take longer than others, and some are a lot more random and unstructured.

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The biggest key to all of this is action. We need to take action with what we learn. In college, if you take action to network, build relationships and put yourself in a great position – then college is awesome. If you drink your way through then really, you get what you pay for.

Same goes for anything you learn in life though. From conferences and seminars to biz opps, if you lack the action step then all the education in the world isn’t going to help you.