Did you know that most of the millionaires failed, dropped out, or had low GPA (2.9) in college. WHY? Have you ever stopped to think that smart people or may geniuses and don't need a college professor to think for them. I'm fascinated by successful people, not because the are successful by what they have learned, but buy what they desire. What do you want? What do you want to do? What is stopping you? I can only think of one thing, you. There is no college degree that will make you a millionaire. Did you know Dave Ramsey got a 2.93 GPA in college and he is one of the most successful people in the world financially. We focus on School, College, and degrees. For what to learn what somebody tough you, that can be helpful with a teacher, but do you need that to be a genius, NO!
By no means do I discourage a degree, I actually encourage continuing education because many of us learn from these great leaders. I want to encourage the entrepreneurs of the world to pursue you dream. If you have an idea, embrace it, run with it, and don't feel you need a paper to validate what you are capable of accomplishing.
Some of the great millionaires that failed or dropped out of School.
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Mark Zuckerberg
Larry Ellison
Jack Dorsey
Rachael Ray
John Mackey
Russell Simmons
An article I found encouraging:
Failure means you have courage
Even though you didn’t get the results you wanted, at least you were trying to do something. So many people let the fear of failure prevent them from reaching for their dreams. So don’t be worried about a failure – at least you had the courage to have a go. Courage is not the absence of fear; it is feeling the fear and taking action anyway. When you have a go, despite the possibility of failure, you show that you have great courage.
Failure makes you stronger
When you don’t get the result you want, you can become more determined to succeed. At first you probably feel discouraged, frustrated or upset but these feelings don’t last forever. You then get a burst of determination and strength of purpose to try again. Failure makes you more focused on a successful outcome next time.
Failure helps you learn
It was Thomas Edison who said that he hadn’t failed in his hundreds of attempts to create the light bulb. His answer when questioned about his ‘failures’ was that he hadn’t failed, he had just found hundreds of ways that it didn’t work. This is the mentality of geniuses and successful people. Failure to get the results you wanted is not a negative thing; it is simply an opportunity to try a different method. It is also the opportunity to start again.
Failure helps you grow
When your efforts don’t work out, you have to reach deep inside to find the strength to try again. To solve the problem and make sure you get the desired result, you need to extend yourself and so you grow. You need to stretch and possibly move outside your comfort zone. After experiencing failure, you will never be the same as you were before you tried. You don’t know how far you can go until you have tried and failed.
Failure creates new opportunities
Many people believe that everything happens for a reason, we just don’t know what it is at the time. Failures often bring unforeseen opportunities that would not have been available without the failure in the first place. You often need to close one door so that another door of opportunity can be opened for you. Failure is a way of one door closing. Failure is seldom the end; it is often a bright beginning.
Failure provides answers
If you don’t try and fail, you will never know if your idea or method is going to work. You spend time worrying that you don’t have the answer; you wonder whether it would have worked. The pain of regret is far worse than the pain of failure. When you fail, you can start again; with regret, you will never know.
Failure gives you the best chance of success
Research out of Stanford University has shown that those who are the top of their field are the ones who have failed the most. Having to persevere to learn a new skill gives you the advantage over someone who gets it right first time. Learning many ways how not to do it gives you the edge over the person who hasn’t have that experience.
Don’t view failure as bad luck, instead look at each attempt to reach your goals as a triumph. There’s always something to learn, ways to grow, different viewpoints to see, and new opportunities waiting just around the corner.So get in and have a go. Fail fast and recover quickly to try again. Use every failure as an opportunity to learn and to grow as a person. Remember that every failure is like one step on the stairway to success. Above all else, remember this: If you never fail, you will never succeed.
