Why You Must Choose Education Over Ignorance

“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.” (Joseph Addison)

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Your lack of education is hurting the quality of your life and causing you to achieve very mediocre results.

Now, when I speak of education, I am referring to education on how to live a wise life. I am not referring to our conventional 20th century education system that includes college, high school, elementary school, so on and so forth.

The Major Problem Facing Individuals Today

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There is one major problems that most people, especially in Western society face today.

The Major Problem: The majority of people lack curiosity for the world around them.

Curiosity is first and foremost a skill.

Knowing this, we can understand why most people are terrible at the skill of curiosity — they have never consciously chosen to develop it.

Curiosity is the engine for personal growth.