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Saw this write-up and fell totally in love
with it, I bet you will too!
"Academic excellence is overrated! Did I
just say that? Oh, yes, I said it. Being
top of your class does not
necessarilyguarantee that you will be at
the top of life. You could graduate as
the best student in Finance but it
doesn't mean you will make more
money than everybody else. The best
graduating Law student does not
necessarily become the best lawyer.
The fact is life requires more than the
ability to understand a concept,
memorise it and reproduceit in an exam.
School rewards people for their memory.
Life rewards people for their
imagination. School rewards caution,
life rewards daring. School hails those
who live by the rules. Life exalts those
who break the rules and set new ones.
So do I mean people shouldn't study
hard inschool? Oh, no, you should.
But don't sacrifice every other thing on
the altar of First Class. Don't limit
yourself to the classroom. Do something
practical.
Take a leadership position. Start a
business and fail. That's
better :Entrepreneurship101. Join or
start a club. Contest an election and
lose. It will teach something Political
Science 101 will not teach you. Attend a
seminar. Read books outside the
scopeof your course.
Go on missions and win a soul for
eternal rewards. Do something you
believe in! Think less of becoming an
excellent student but think more of
becoming an excellent person.
Make the world your classroom!!!