"Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune." - Jim Rohn

Self education refers to self-directed learning. The knowledge you have gathered and learned in schools is insufficient for you to handle your adult life.

Life itself is like a school but it does not provide any instruction. It subtlety presents to you people and situations for you to form your own understanding according to your beliefs and choices. It is like a laboratory where you experiment and make many trials and errors before you finally find the solution. If you pay attention, you speed up your learning process.

Your limited knowledge is causing your inadequacies and feeling of defeat. Self education is necessary if you want to make a difference and live a life of abundance. It is a continuous learning process and you have to learn, unlearn and relearn to get things right.

How to continue with your self education.

• Engage with others.

Other people are your teachers. Even your children can teach you something of value. You learn by observing the outward behaviors, listening to their words and watching the actions that they take. You can then scan through the information, reflect on them and apply on yourself.

Engaging with others also allow you to see what you are or have within you because you tend to attract people who are similar. If you don't like something in the person, you most likely are having the same pattern.

• Remain curious and ask lots of questions.

You can learn a lot more by being curious and asking questions. Asking yourself and others questions is a great way to understand. The answers you obtain will make you hear, see, and feel, thus overcoming your confusion.

You will also benefit because the answers will shift your thoughts about something that you have automatically accepted in the form of your beliefs.

• Engage yourself in reading.

You should continue to read even after you leave school. Reading broadens your horizon, expands your knowledge and shifts your thinking patterns. Changing your thinking brings changes to your life.

You see your world based on your beliefs and perceptions. If you expect something better to happen in your life, you should engage yourself in reading and learning something of value every day. They provide ideas that to help you overcome obstacles and solve your problems.

Don't allow your lack of vocabulary or word knowledge to deter you from reading. Increase your vocabulary using the Visual Thesaurus.

• Take more actions.

Knowledge with action produce results. Whatever you do continuously becomes a habit and you develop the skill. Every little thing you do teaches you something and move you toward your goals.

• Get higher education.

If you wish to acquire and expand your knowledge or skill in your business or career, you can get higher education by enrolling in a college or university. It's never too late to learn.

• Learn from the experts.

You can find them in workshops and seminars that are related to the subject that you are interested in. You can also learn from audio and video programs. What you listen to and watch will affect your thoughts and the person you become.

• Turn yourself into your own teacher

You are your best friend and your best teacher. Become your own observer of your thoughts, emotions and actions. You learn a lot from your mistakes and the experiences that you gather should allow you to know how to make better decisions.

You should know which reference experience to bring forward. Use your experiences as a self education tool to deal better with your present day situations. Bringing back something that does not work will continue to produce your problems.

Your better future is in your hands; by the choices and decisions that you make today and every other day. Whatever you want, you increase your probabilities of achieving them by continuous self education.

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