Why Thinking and Experiencing Fast is More Important for Your Career Than Your Degree 👨👩👦 Yes , Thinking and experiencing fast will make your careers, not your degrees ! Parents endlessly fight with others on how to bring up their children. We, as parents, also argue about how to approach problems and other aspects of our parenting. One bone of contention is the idea of education for our only child. 💭 I feel speed of experience is perpetually undervalued when it comes to building a career. I have been disappointed with the Indian education system throughout my life and want my child to bypass its demerits. I believe that my son should not waste much time in the regressive education systems we have ! I believe that my son should start a business instead of pursuing a multinational job. 💼 Simply put, my experience shows that running a business is easier than doing a job. Starting a business today means you begin learning immediately...
Exploring the Paradox of Academic Excellence and Real-World Incompetence Unraveling the Dichotomy of Academic Brilliance and Practical Inefficiency Over the years, I have had the privilege of interacting with a diverse array of students, ranging from mature learners, parent-students, to research scholars. These individuals, adept at navigating their professional lives, often exhibit a unique perspective towards education, viewing it as a communal activity or a sacred journey of enlightenment and progress. However, a striking observation that emerges from my interactions with these research scholars and students is their ability to circumvent the conventional education system to achieve their academic goals. This phenomenon is not a reflection of their intellectual prowess but rather an indication of their survival instinct in a system that values degrees over knowledge. For instance, many of these students have been nurtured by 'helicopter paren...