The Education of Millionaires

There is a book out entitled "The Education of Millionaires"  by Michael Ellsberg.
In it he speaks about successful people that were not successful in school. Many were told that they were not smart and felt like they did not fit in.

From the book:

The Myth: If you get into a good college, study hard, and graduate with excellent grades, you will be pretty much set for a successful career.

The Reality: The biggest thing you won't learn in college is how to succeed professionally.

Some of the smartest, most successful people in the country didn't finish college. None of them learned their most critical skills in an institution of higher education. And like them, most of what you'll need to learn to be successful you'll have to learn on your own, outside of school.

I can personally relate to this book and it's theories and I know that many of the people that I work with can also. Successful people that own agencies with Arpin and many drivers that I have worked with and have business relationships with all with something in common-
They all worked their way up and in mostly all cases were self taught.

Of coarse this is not to say that college or higher education is not worthwhile but it is to say that it is not the all end all be all and if academics and the classroom does not fit you then you are not destined for failure.

Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and many others did not fit the academic structure of our education system yet they followed their gut and trusted in themselves and were very successful.

In the book Michael talks about Phil Ruffin. Phil was a dropout that started with a hamburger stand and then bought a convenient store and then gas stations and he now is the owner of Treasure Island in Las Vegas.

I admire the agent owners and drivers that I have seen work hard and start as drivers and helpers and through self dedication, hard work and literally throwing themselves into their dreams they succeed.
I have seen it and witnessed it and was amazing watching it take shape.

There are success, self made stories all around you.

Paul Arpin was one of them, he believed and worked hard and right up to the day he passed he said he was always learning.