It does sound a bit like a contradiction, but I think that this is one of the keys to a solid education. When we are at educational institutions, there is always this natural push towards being focused on the subject matter, specific topics, theories, skill sets, etc and I think this severely detriments the overall experience of an education.
When we’re learning, its important to have that window into your creative side, to question things, to be curious and explore all aspects of a subject, both related and unrelated to what …

The internet consists of ridiculous amounts of information and its easily the cheapest, and quite possibly one of the best ways to educate yourself if you know where to look. The following are my top free resources for online education!
1. RSS Feeds/Readers
This is the most straight forward resource. Truly its just following daily articles, websites, and blogs that are on topics of interest. Organizing them into an RSS Reader just gives it more structure, but the end result is the same. You can find websites on everything and a great …

Reading books is one of the best forms of self education ever created. Ever since I’ve graduated from college I’ve been reading more and more, and learning about things that I had no interest in previously.
What types of books should I read?
Everyone seems to have an opinion on what kinds of books you should read. Some think that non-fiction is the way to go and fiction is a waste of time. I personally enjoy both types of books, as I think you can learn lessons from either and having a …

A recent infographic on Entrepreneurs was released by Grasshopper this week, giving us a better look at today’s entrepreneur’s. A few things that stood out to me.

The average age was about 31 with approximately 50% of entrepreneurs being from age 26-35.
Average education level was a college degree.
Sixty percent were bringing in revenue of less than 100K
Their general outlook on life was very optimistic

Now I think this shows a lot about what entrepreneurs are all about, and I especially love the question about level of optimism. Shows that its definitely not …

Everyone always says they procrastinate, it’s their biggest weakness, so on and so forth. But is it really procrastination that we all believe we are suffering from or is it something else all together? I feel that most of us are usually doing one of two things when we are “procrastinating.”
1. Working On Other Things
Whenever I feel I’m putting off a more important task, I’m never really being unproductive, rather I’m just working on things that are not as urgent. Now, if you’re still doing work that is of value, …