School for Life.
We spend 86,480 hours during our life working. And yet we were never taught at school how to pick a career. 😢
Here are 10 things that have the biggest impact on our health, wealth & happiness that formal education doesn't teach us but should 👇
We spend 86,480 hours during our life working. And yet we were never taught at school how to pick a career. 😢
Here are 10 things that have the biggest impact on our health, wealth & happiness that formal education doesn't teach us but should 👇
#1 How to Be Kind To Ourselves 😍
The voice in our head is often our biggest critic. While we're encouraged to be kind to others, we're not taught how to be kind to ourselves.
Yet self-compassion results in less depression, anxiety, fear of failure, and perfectionism.
The voice in our head is often our biggest critic. While we're encouraged to be kind to others, we're not taught how to be kind to ourselves.
Yet self-compassion results in less depression, anxiety, fear of failure, and perfectionism.
#2 How to Pick a Partner 💞
This is the person we spend the most time with across our life yet 50% of marriages end in divorce.
Your partner is the single person that has the most impact on your happiness - but our main 'education' on finding love comes from reality TV.
This is the person we spend the most time with across our life yet 50% of marriages end in divorce.
Your partner is the single person that has the most impact on your happiness - but our main 'education' on finding love comes from reality TV.
#3 How to Manage Our Finances 💸
A Purdue University study found that the ideal income point for individuals is $USD95,000 for life satisfaction & $60,000-$75,000 for emotional well-being.
Yet despite the impact money can have on our life, we're never taught financial literacy.
A Purdue University study found that the ideal income point for individuals is $USD95,000 for life satisfaction & $60,000-$75,000 for emotional well-being.
Yet despite the impact money can have on our life, we're never taught financial literacy.
#4 How to Make Decisions 🤔
The average adult makes more than 35,000 decisions per day & there are 180+ cognitive biases that shape our decision making.
The quality of our decisions significantly impacts what our future looks like yet we never learn how to make good decisions.
The average adult makes more than 35,000 decisions per day & there are 180+ cognitive biases that shape our decision making.
The quality of our decisions significantly impacts what our future looks like yet we never learn how to make good decisions.
#5 How to Communicate Effectively 👂
We speak 15,000+ words every day and 70-93% of all communication is nonverbal.
Yet, we are not taught how to actively listen, how to effectively use our body language, how to speak in public, persuade, sell, or communicate empathetically.
We speak 15,000+ words every day and 70-93% of all communication is nonverbal.
Yet, we are not taught how to actively listen, how to effectively use our body language, how to speak in public, persuade, sell, or communicate empathetically.
#6 How to Build Relationships 👋
We crave social connection & belonging. Our ability to build relationships impacts our mental health & career success.
Yet, we're not taught how to authentically connect with others, how to be empathetic or how to maintain healthy relationships.
We crave social connection & belonging. Our ability to build relationships impacts our mental health & career success.
Yet, we're not taught how to authentically connect with others, how to be empathetic or how to maintain healthy relationships.
#7 How to Learn New Skills 📚
With rapid change, we need to quickly learn new skills. By 2030, we'll be spending 13 hours weekly learning new skills.
While we're expected to learn at school, we're never taught how our memory works or the best approaches for skill acquisition.
With rapid change, we need to quickly learn new skills. By 2030, we'll be spending 13 hours weekly learning new skills.
While we're expected to learn at school, we're never taught how our memory works or the best approaches for skill acquisition.
#8 How to Deal with Obstacles & Loss 😢
Experiencing obstacles & loss is the rule, not the exception in life. Our ability to navigate these impacts our well being and success.
Yet we're never taught how to acknowledge, accept, and keep going in the face of challenges & loss.
Experiencing obstacles & loss is the rule, not the exception in life. Our ability to navigate these impacts our well being and success.
Yet we're never taught how to acknowledge, accept, and keep going in the face of challenges & loss.
#9 How to Live Healthily 🌱
Without good health, nothing else matters.
Three key things have a significant impact on our health: sleep, diet & exercise.
Yet, we're not taught how to meditate, how sleep works or how diet & exercise impacts our immune system.
Without good health, nothing else matters.
Three key things have a significant impact on our health: sleep, diet & exercise.
Yet, we're not taught how to meditate, how sleep works or how diet & exercise impacts our immune system.
#10 How to Find Purposeful Work 🧑💻
When we go on a holiday, we spend 10 hours planning a 2-week trip. That's a 3% ratio of planning to holiday time.
Our working life is ~42 years. The equivalent is 1.26 years to find work that means something to us. Yet we're not taught how.
When we go on a holiday, we spend 10 hours planning a 2-week trip. That's a 3% ratio of planning to holiday time.
Our working life is ~42 years. The equivalent is 1.26 years to find work that means something to us. Yet we're not taught how.
TL:DR School doesn't teach us how to:
#1 Be Kind to Ourselves
#2 Pick a Partner
#3 Manage Our Finances
#4 Make Decisions
#5 Communicate Effectively
#6 Build Relationships
#7 Learn New Skills
#8 Deal with Obstacles
#9 Live Healthily
#10 Find Purposeful Work
#1 Be Kind to Ourselves
#2 Pick a Partner
#3 Manage Our Finances
#4 Make Decisions
#5 Communicate Effectively
#6 Build Relationships
#7 Learn New Skills
#8 Deal with Obstacles
#9 Live Healthily
#10 Find Purposeful Work
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