Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. ~ Albert Einstein
Academically how rich you are? Dropped out or not enough to be excited? If yes, so what! Still you have the potential to be something significant … something influential, like:
Benjamin Franklin: One of the founders of The United States of America; co-author and co-signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. You name it, what he wasn’t: polymath, printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, soldier, and diplomat.
Thomas Edison: Inventor, holding 1,093 U.S. patents in his name, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb.
Valentina Terescova: Cosmonaut; first woman in space to orbit the earth.
William Faulkner: One of the most influential writers of the 20th century; won one Nobel Prize and two Pulitzer Prizes.
Agatha Christie: Best-selling female author of all time; the most translated individual author in the history.
Mary Lyon: Women’s education pioneer; founder of Mount Holyoke College (America’s first women’s college)
Helen Gurley Brown: Editor-in-chief of the Cosmopolitan magazine; the highest paid copywriter in 60s.
Frederick Henry Royce: Co-founder-designer of the “Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Company.”
Florence Nightingale: Modern nursing pioneer, nicknamed as “The Lady with the Lamp.”
Gene Autry: Singer-songwriter; the first “singing cowboy”; wrote and co-wrote over 200 songs, including “Back in the Saddle Again” and “Here Comes Santa Claus.” Only person to have five stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Marcus Loew: Early Hollywood pioneer; founder of the “Loews” movie- theater chain and co-founder of “MGM” studios.
Simon Cowell: The richest TV personality after Oprah, the creator of Pop Idol, The X Factor, and Britain’s Got Talent.
Aretha Franklin: 20 times Grammy winning singer-pianist; the first woman artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Rod Laver: The only tennis player to have twice won all four Grand Slam singles titles in the same year; tennis’s first millionaire.
Mildred Zaharias: Women’s sports pioneer; won 6 Gold medals and broke 4 world records at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic.
So when people look at your academic qualification and say, “Isn’t your education a draw-back for your success?” Let them know, success isn’t limited without formal education, success is limited without vision. What’s your vision?
