Self Education

One of our favorite quotes:

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

~multiple sources 

Today, there are so many opportunities to learn outside a classroom.

With eLearning, workshops, and mentoring options available through the internet, education has never been more accessible. The world is at your fingertips.

In fact, many argue that we don't even need classrooms anymore.

And with Google... we can accelerate our learning even more.

For anyone who remembers research pre-Google! ;-)

Apprenticeship and Mentorship

Okay, so all humor aside, we've actually just took another turn up the spiral.  Before the complex school systems, we have today, people used to apprentice under experts in any given craft or trade.

While it's hard to scale "apprenticeship" we can scale mentorship.  The internet has allowed all of us to package what we know, and teach it to a group of others who are interested.

Sites like CreativeLive, Udemy, Lynda.com, and countless others offer free and paid training for almost any topic you could think of.

Earn While You Learn

One of the topics we discuss in our Coffee Break is the idea of working for someone in an area that you want to succeed in, maybe for cheap or even free.

Even if you are working for free, you're still not shelling out loads of money or going into massive debt, to learn.  And you can always freelance and/or build your business on the side.

There are a lot of benefits for not immediately plunging into school! :-)

Conversation Topics

- Self-education

- Outdated school system

- Resources for learning

- Earning while learning

- Apprenticeship

- Monetizing from your art

- Pursuing interests