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"School" Postscript
🕑 Added 2018-05-09 16:01:00 +0000 UTCPatreon Exclusive! Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus host a private podcast session for their Patreon supporters with T.K. Coleman, co-founder of the education company Praxis, and they answer the following questions:
Do you have any tips to help people in their thirties and forties find what they truly want to do with their time in order to earn a living?
Do you have any advice for teachers considering leaving public education due to their frustration with its flawed system?
LINKS
Book: Side Hustle
Book: So Good They Can’t Ignore You
Book: The Last Safe Investment
Explore: Mentors
Explore: Praxis
Explore: Udemy
Podcast: D.C.
Podcast: Office Hours
Podcast: Sidehustle
Podcast: Small Business Edge
Facebook: T.K. Coleman
Twitter: T.K. Coleman
Watch: What If Money Was No Object?
Website: T.K. Coleman
MINIMAL MAXIMS
“Don’t let money be the primary driver for doing what you do—but don’t kid yourself that it’s not part of the equation, either.”
“Focus on the the most important question to craft your career: ‘What gives me the best shot at being exceptional?’”
“If you want to get paid to do something, you have to do it like you’re getting paid to do it before you get paid.”
“Once we realize who we are and what we’re capable of, we either fix the problems in our lives, or we arrive at a realization that those problems don’t need fixing because we can transcend them—we can play the game of life at another level.”
This Postscript episode corresponds with Minimal episode 131.
Comments
Shane Kipping
Thanks for having T.K on lads, I really enjoyed his thoughts on different ways to approach education; I tend to agree with much of what he said. After doing two years of Psychology I made the decision to stop, even though I had paid for two years of this degree the content felt outdated and the whole experience was... frustrating and wasn't actually teaching me what I wanted to learn. T.K talking about how the degree, that piece of paper that holds so much power, took me back to my thoughts while doing that course. Not that I ever really "needed" to hear it from someone else, but it gives me some certainty or clarification in that what I thought wasn't so crazy. He has a great way of portraying his thoughts and making complex things sound basic, maybe it was the basketball talk! : D Anyways, cheers for the great podcast lads!
Angie Follensbee-Hall
I found great value in this podcast and discussion with You guys and T.K. Coleman. I am a mom of two teen girls (we actually took them to see you guys in Boston last year for our eldest's birthday- her choice!) and we are frequently discussing upcoming 'college years'. Our eldest is considering cartooning school- she is exceptionally talented at graphics and has her heart set on the Center for Cartoon Studies. I found myself surprised at my reaction when I realized the program is a certificate program and not a 4 year art school situation. I think of myself as an unconventional free thinker, but I spent at least an hour looking online to find a 4 year school that had a similar program. Then my husband and I realized how silly that was. She is gifted at cartooning and graphics, she has her heart set on this specialization, and what does it matter if it is not a 4 year program? Listening to this talk confirmed to me that with this changing world, the 4 year degree route is only the default paradigm, and it is time to think outside of this four sided box. So many gems in this talk, and I greatly appreciate being exposed to the work of T.K. Coleman and his perspective on a new educational paradigm... or maybe it is an older paradigm pre-public schooling era- expanded for the 21st Century. Thank you for your work and time in sharing these ideas.
