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10 essential insights from my 19 years of education📚🎓💡🤔

To help guide your learning journey

Neha Tyagi
3 min readJan 19, 2024

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  1. We learn more on the job than our education put together
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2. Personal development is more important than academic learning

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3. Education does not guarantee success, social skills do

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4. An emotionally intelligent person is more likely to succeed than the most qualified person

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5. When choosing a college major, it’s more useful to pick something vocational that has practical application and can lead to a job.

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6. Money earned and higher education are not necessarily connected; people with fewer degrees can earn more.

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7. Education is an investment, but it should not be beyond your means. One can always pursue higher education(a master’s degree) after gaining work experience.

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8. Rare skills increase employability and pay.

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9. Along with education, it’s important to have a hobby that can be a secondary source of income or a stress reliever.

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10. It’s important to continually learn and stay up to date with the latest trends to remain relevant in the job market.

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Hello There! Thanks for browsing by! I started writing a few months back on variety of topics. The common thread is that each article is my honest reflection.