How to Ask for a Raise at Your First Job
How do you ask for a pay raise and actually get it? This is an especially challenging question for young people working their first job. The answer may not be as complicated as you think.
How Meta Skills Can Make You More Self-Aware and Adaptable
By learning universally applicable skills as early in life as possible, we can more easily adapt to new situations and succeed at new challenges.
How Can Meta Skills Improve Your Knowledge, and Why Do Universities Ignore Them?
Meta skills help us succeed in all areas of life. Specific skills only help in certain areas. Despite the clear disadvantages, universities insist on teaching the latter.
How Much Does It Cost to Educate a Person in the UK or the USA?
How much does it cost to educate a person? A lot, even with “free” schools. Like anything with a price tag, we need to make sure we get what we pay for.
Why Sales Jobs are Better Preparation for the Real World than University
Think your entry level job in sales or retail is a waste of time? It’s actually teaching you incredibly valuable life skills — skills even universities have forgotten how to teach.
Financial Wisdom for Young People: How I Built Wealth By Investing in My Mind
Seeing money as a resource to hoard is a damaging mindset. Instead, we should use money to invest in ourselves to lead a richer, more fulfilling, and wealthier life.