Ted Turner currently stands with a $2.2 billion net worth. Ted is the founder of CNN and he did not finish college.
Larry Ellison currently stands with a $68.9 billion net worth. Larry is the founder of Oracle and he did not finish college.
James Cameron currently stand with a $700 million net worth. James is a notable film maker, director and writer and he did not finish college.
The list of well accomplished and successful people doesn’t end. The moral of the story is plain and simple. What we were taught about a college degree is far from the truth.
If someone deviates from the plan of being “normal” and getting a college degree, they are considered a failure. But you know who else was a complete nobody until the age of 40? Abraham Lincoln.
There are more ways to get to your goals and going to college may not have been your plan. It may not ever been on your mind. All these college dropouts had bigger dreams that were not created inside the four walls of a system called: college.
These people had more than a college education can offer. They had faith, persistence, belief in the unknown, risk taking, failing and getting back up, and developing habits that lead them to where they are right now.
You can’t stop dreaming, living and pursuing your passions just because you don’t have a college degree. If your plan doesn’t come in the form of going to college, it may be from other sources like online specialized schools, reading books, experiences, joining clubs and learning from others.
Your plan is to succeed. Your plan is to go places where the four walls of college may not take you. Your plan is create, innovate and to change lives.
I’m not discrediting our colleges, I am merely point out the fact that it is not for everyone. Just becuase someone is a dropout, or has never set foot on a college campus doesn’t mean they are uneducated.
