It is funny how when you are younger, you are in such a hurry to grow up; you want to finish school, have your own home, get a few cars, marry well, maybe have a few children and it’s smooth sailing from there. I think reality doesn’t really set in until you get into university. You realize the full gravity of what these new responsibilities would require and you also realize that formal education will only take you so far. Most of the times, after years of schooling, people seem more reluctant to take extra classes, improve on their knowledge of things or expand and polish off rough exteriors. There are the excuses of time, money or other responsibilities that keep popping up but there is also the fact that we are afraid of evaluating ourselves too closely, because we might not like what we see.

No matter who you are or what you do, never be afraid of self improvement. I remember reading somewhere that the reason why people do not like being taught is because they do not want to be perceived as inferior.  It takes a level of vulnerability to understand you need to improve yourself, but it takes determination and a whole lot of perspiration to go beyond feeling inferior and becoming a force to be reckoned with.

Author and entrepreneur John Rohn once said “Formal education will make you a living; self-improvement will make you a fortune”.