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At first glance, this is another secret that does not appear to be any great secret at all. This secret has to do with education. But let's get something straight - education, in the sense of school and college is not education for purposes of achieving success. If this flies in the face of what you have been taught, that does not surprise me in the least. That is one of the reasons that 96% of all Americans never achieve wealth, even though 96% get a school education. We are so engrossed in getting that formal education that we seldom get around to learning anything about money, wealth or happiness. Remember that college finance professor who was always on the verge of poverty? Sure, a formal, strong education is extremely helpful, but even Harvard grads can fail miserably. It takes something more...

While I fully realize the necessity and importance of a formal education, I do not put as much stock in it as many do. More important - or should I say in addition to a formal education (formal education is more a memorization than a learning experience), each of us needs to do our own research and continue educating ourselves in those matters that concern us. As mentioned earlier, we must learn from failure, which means we must be willing to try a lot of new things. We must learn to investigate the relationship between cause and effect - if I do this, then that will happen. We need to learn from Mother Nature, a great teacher - the bat taught us about sonar, and burrs in the wool pants of an English hunter helped create Velcro. We need to be observant of everything around us, like a child exploring for the first time. We need to revive that feeling of awe and wonder when we encounter something new or different. But most of all, we absolutely must attach emotions to these learning experiences. The human mind is an amazing thing. But one thing is certain - we tend to remember things much easier and more clearly when it is associated with strong emotion. The emotion might be fear, sorrow, love, hate, awe - it doesn't matter, really, except that love and hate, being the strongest emotions, result in the things we seldom forget. The important thing to remember is to get emotional when learning, even if that emotion is as simple as awe. Unfortunately, our society teaches us to keep our emotions in check. Perhaps this is one more reason why so many folks just never get to achieve wealth.

So, you have graduated from school, perhaps even college. Now it is time to go out and actually learn something. And never stop learning, for once you stop, so does your growth and success.

And what if your formal education is limited? No problem. As mentioned, formal education is more memorization than learning. And a sheepskin from a university is mostly used to impress a potential employer. As an aspiring wealth builder, you will be your employer. Henry Ford quit school in the fourth grade. Abraham Lincoln never went to school at all. In fact, many of the more famous wealth builders and seekers of success throughout history never completed their formal schooling. But they did learn. They taught themselves those things they needed to know to complete their quest. As Henry Ford once said, "I don't need to know anything except how to surround myself with people who know how to get the job done." He didn't need to know marketing - he hired marketers. He didn't need to know bookkeeping - he hired accountants.

I know a man in Maine who has not had any schooling. He cannot read nor write. Yet he owns his own business, and has always been self-employed. So you see, there are different kinds of education. But the most important kind is that specific education you give to yourself by studying yourself, others, and the events around you. And like reading this book!

You will soon discover that your education is a progressive thing. You may determine, for instance, that you need to learn how to use a computer. As you do this, it just sort of leads into learning how to use a printer, scanner, CD burner... Eventually, it may lead you into creating a web page, then a website. Just a short hop into adding a shopping cart, downloadable info and creating electronic books for sale on the Internet. And the quest to create more books has you learning about new topics that you can write about. And the process, quite naturally, goes on and on. And if you keep yourself tuned into what you are learning and doing, and you have kept your imagination alive, you will forever be finding new opportunities for success. In researching for an eBook on alternative energy, you may stumble upon the fact that in World War II we used simple technology to power army vehicles with biomass. Now, with energy prices as they are, you might think, "Well, why can't someone use that old technology to provide heat and electricity for the average home?" And then you just might ask, "Well, why can't that person be me?" And a few short years later, after learning how to get Uncle Sam to fund the prototype, you are selling hundreds of thousands of these efficient energy systems throughout the world, making millions! (By the way, if you do this, please let me know - I want one :o)

OK, so I'm rambling. Just wanted to show you how it could easily work, but only if you provide the effort and the eagerness to keep learning, and to be willing to keep an open mind for opportunity when it presents itself.

Secret #4 Summary: Your real education begins after school, not in school. Never, ever stop learning. Learning is the substance that fuels growth, and growth is necessary for success.

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