Comments on: Matt Damon, Why I Hate College, and The Secret to Success

By: Charity Nicole

Charity Nicole — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 08:40:00 +0000

I love this video so much. I wholeheartedly believe we should be CONSTANTLY learning! Growing your skill set, in my opinion, is the only way to secure yourself in this millennium. With that said, I want to mention Star Khechara as one of my fave informal teachers. I have so many I could name, but I resonate with Star more than anyone else because of the things we have in common as well as her brazenness and street smarts. <3

By: Brian Lawson

Brian Lawson — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:15:41 +0000

You cannot saying the school is unnecessary but the fact that i am a self-made i learned by myself all the lessons that i need to be good in my profession as a web designer .

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 15:29:24 +0000

Although I got a degree from Uni, I believe I learned more after I finished it. Marketing was not something that was taught to me at college, I had to learn it through trial and error. I learned how to create a website, create products and which channels to market through just from hunting around the web for the information.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:51:23 +0000

Awesome rant, Derek- you make powerful points! I am always amazed at how many ppl just don’t read and learn and continue to grow in their lives.
I learn a lot from Ryan Lee, Brendan Burchard, Tyler Garns, Seth Godin, and even this Derek Halpern guy.
Rock on!
Kevin

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 19:05:38 +0000

Paula Pant, Sarah Peterson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Don Luis and his son Juan (shamans I met in the Amazon), all the business owners I interact with on a daily business at my current job as a municipal health inspector, all the locals I’ve met while traveling away from home, Jeff Goins, Eckhart Tolle, Taylor Marie Milton.

By: Mark Curtis

Mark Curtis — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 01:07:02 +0000

Hey Derek,

I enjoyed the video. And you’re spot on about learning. Knowledge is power. People who know me know that I repeat my favorite quote religiously.

It’s: “Not all education revolves around a building.”

Especially, in the world on online marketing, blogging, social media and the like. There’s no college degree for that.

Thanks for the post,

Mark

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 21:20:08 +0000

I have 3 college degrees and am lucky to get away with $30,000 in debt. College degrees are worthwhile for certain people.

For me as an entrepreneur, they haven’t been that helpful. They have raised my awareness to certain issues, so I don’t regret having gone to college.

One of my favorite things about entrepreneurship, though, is learning new things. There’s truly no end to it. And when it actually makes a difference in my life, I can’t get enough of that.

Now, I’m learning from people who know how to build relationships because I’m good at numbers and logistics.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 21:45:32 +0000

team treehouse, GABBY BERNSTEIN, Marie Forleo….These three people/ organizations combined have taught me WAY more than I ever learned in college!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 15:30:45 +0000

Hey Derek, Dr. Wayne Dyer has been a massive teacher of mine for several years now, he’s helped transform my life as well as Don Miguel Ruiz, unbelievable teachings, and you’re right, all after University…that’s why we need to get kids involved in learning what they’re interested in and provide them with alternate forms of learning, and expert research. This is something that I’m currently working on and love it!

By: Ashraf

Ashraf — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 17:07:07 +0000

Hey Derek I totally agree with you. I am on finishing line of my Engineering course, here we learn how to do paper more than do engineering actually. But formal teachers teach how to do things, so I could realize later one is more productive sometime. Its my personal experience.

There are many Formal Teachers who are nurturing my mind including you. Seth Godin is my favorite teacher.