7 Street-Smart Skills They Don’t Teach You In College

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Everyone has a different path; a degree may give someone more tools when it comes to achieving their goals. However, there will always be those who will become successful entrepreneurs even without a degree; it really depends on the person.

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Love the giving mindset and strategy.

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I grew up in a family where everyone had degrees. I expect my son to get some kind of a degree. I have two degrees myself. But I have long known that having a degree doesn't guarantee success, and not having a degree isn't the stumbling block people make it out to be.

My father, realizing his history degree was less than useful, started a home remodeling business. What he learned in college helped grow the business, but so too did the fact that he grew up in his father's small business. The lessons he learned there did not come from an accredited university, but 28 years and two recessions later, he's still in business. Sure, he made use of the fundamentals of his college degree, most notably how to construct a persuasive argument. But how to settle customer complaints, coworker disputes, how to set prices and how to market effectively, well these things he did not learn at college. I have followed in his footsteps - my Anthropology degree is great, I loved getting it, but I work in marketing and IT, and many of the skills I have came down to me from my father. My clients don't need me to be able to discuss the Yanomamo people of Venezuela. They need me to help them reach the most customers, to diffuse a social media crisis situation. For this, I use the lessons I learned from others before and around me, lessons that didn't come with a special piece of paper.

Hi there!

What I will "take" from this webinar is the concept of the "giving" mindset and strategy :) 

I have reached a somewhat similar idea, applying Tai ji chuan fighting tactics in my personal and professional life : if you want to win you must really connect with the opponent, "listen" (a martial arts term) to him, become one with him, in order to get the desired outcome with a minimum waste of energy and maximum mercy.

Thank you very much for all the sharing you have done, are doing and will be doing!

Best!

Veselina

A very important topic. seanmalarky 

I am listening in March 2012, but continually relevant content, nevertheless.

I have 3 comments.One is that the book should be the basis of a curriculum in all high schools. What is true for colleges is more so for high schools and more important, and with a greater attentive audience potential. We are building the same type classrooms as 1900 ,in buildings tha cost millions, and feeding kids drugs to sit there, and hiring security to protect them. What success skills are they learning? Entitlement mentalities?

The same success steps for business needs to work in politicss as well. Outcome vs output. We need legislators who understand their role is to focus on what the country needs vs. what we are "entitled" to. Giving as many kids as possible the tools to THINK, and react rather than absorb, will make us better citizens and better workers, not to mention wealthier in dollars and in spirit. Well Done!

Hi Sean, Sure this kind of writings will be criticized by MBAs ;-)

Hi Sean, I think it is too late for me to compete for the book. As a matter of fact, there is no indication of the date of the post, so... I really don't know where am I in time related to it. I just wanted to say your blog is nice and I have a lot to learn from it. Actually I wanted to submit to your newsletter, but I couldn't find it. Just wanted to say I follow you on Tw, LI & FB and hope we get to work together sometime. I am on Michael's program via Tim Ferris's blog and in 8 months I will be able to "graduate" from it. All the best, DC

This is great video, thanks Sean & Lewis. You really need to share this video with your contacts, as well as watching it yourself as soon as you have a moment. Top notch work. Guys!

Sean, Thank you for the chance to listen to Michael Ellsberg's webinar here. Amongst the life awesome stories/lessons, the one I like the most is about his mom learning from him. As a parent, it was a time when I was teaching my children, then learning with them, and now I am excited to learn from them. My 21 years old is a wiz, creator of video games, and enthusiast about technology. So much to learn from him! It is a continuous renewal of a relationship, awesome, evolved and mature, more satisfying for those who accept it, like Michael's mom.

Great advice Sean! thank you

I sent this to my twins who are in college as well as jobseekers I know. I have told my kids for years to practice the Golden Rule. You get what you give and when we have a genuine interest in others we never, ever stop learning. That includes our ability to build and nurture our relationships.

Regardless of any controversy surrounding this book, I like this guy because he's invested in actual relationships with people. That's some good shit.

Excellent. Very compatible with my system.

So this is almost like a modern day "Think and Grow Rich" isn't it? Sounds pretty awesome. That and there's a David Gilmour in it? Pink Floyd is my favorite band. That totally sold me on the idea :).