"Academic excellence is overrated! Did I
just say
that? Oh yes, I said it. Being top of your
class does
not
necessarily guarantee that you will be at
the top of
life. You could graduate as the best student
in Finance
but it doesn't mean you will make more
money than
everybody else.
The best graduating Law student does not
necessarily
become the best lawyer.
The fact is that life requires more than the
ability to
understand a concept, memorise it and
reproduce it in
an exam.
School rewards people for their memory.
Life rewards
people for their imagination and creativity.
School
rewards caution, life rewards daring.
School hails
those
who live by the rules. Life exalts those who
break the
rules and set new ones.
So do I mean people shouldn't study hard
in school?
Oh no, you should.
But don't sacrifice every other thing on the
altar of
First Class. Don't limit yourself to the
classroom. Do
something practical.
Take a leadership position. Start a
business and fail. That's better. It's called
Entrepreneurshi p101. Join or start a club.
Contest an
election and lose. It will teach you
something
Political Science101 will not teach you.
Attend
seminars. Read books outside the
scope of your course.
Go on missions and win souls for
eternal rewards.
Do something you believe in! Think less of
becoming
an
excellent student but think more of
becoming an
excellent person.
Make the world your classroom!!!
by ROTMANLUV 2023-07-08, 17:34
