Category Archives: Education

Can a Personal MBA be just as good as the real thing?

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After earning two degrees and wondering if a master’s degree is always worth it, I’ve searched and considered many other alternative options for learning.

And that’s where The Personal MBA (PMBA) comes in.

What is The Personal MBA?

The basic idea of PMBA: learn everything that you would with an MBA without actually earning the MBA itself. How to do that? Read, study, practice.

The Personal MBA itself is a book. I enjoyed it (I’d give it a 4 out of 5), but you don’t even really need to read this book to get started.

The most valuable part to …

6 Reasons to Avoid the Wrong (and Expensive) Education

Growing up and working through high school, there was never any doubt about going to college.  99% of my high school class headed college immediately after graduation.  At the time, that seemed to be an astoundingly awesome stat, with all of us on track for guaranteed prosperity. But now I wonder: should everyone aim for more and more formal education?

According to a recent Harvard study, college isn’t for everyone.  One-third of jobs now and in the near future don’t require a college degree, like electricians or plumbers.  These types of jobs are here to stay, and not everyone …

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