Getting Education Versus Getting A Degree

Many college students often lament that they just need to accumulate sufficient college credits so they could earn a degree and simply move on.

This ‘just-get-by’ attitude is very discouraging and disappointing, especially to educators who want to give students useful education rather than a degree.

You should be wondering by now, is there a difference between getting education and getting a degree?

 To begin with, college degree is just a representation. It is a certification attesting that an individual has actually studied in a variety of useful fields.

 It also indicates that the individual has achieved a target level of subject mastery.

 In contrast, education is everything any degree is representing. It should be regarded as the more important between the two.

 That is because it is education that would help individuals get on with the real-life challenges in the workplace. It is education that would make anyone rise from above the rest.

Traditionally, students are usually told that earning a college degree is the real key to success. When success is tackled, it could mean financial and personal.

There are already many studies that show how individuals with college education are able to win the workplace.

They are usually the ones earning substantially higher salaries throughout their lifetime compared to those who are without degrees.

 Information like these makes anyone infer that college degree is simply leading to a difference. Thus, many students believe that to be able to achieve success, college degrees are essential.

If you want to make a difference, you should get into the realization that it is college education that truly makes the difference, not the degree. Is there a difference between the two other than the above mentioned?

There is. It is possible that an individual attain a college degree without real education. It is also possible that an individual get real education without earning a degree. Are you confused?

Many college students just aim to pass subjects and get on to earning the sought-after degree.

They do not pay much attention to learning and much of the lessons they take in class are not retained. However, they could still pass exams and earn good grades at projects. In the end, they could still manage to graduate from college without much seriousness.

On the other hand, a student may take college courses seriously that they are practically adapting and using the lessons learned to daily life situations.

They could have learned lessons through the heart.

Thus, retention is not a problem. However, due to unlikely and inevitable circumstances, they could not be able to finish college and earn a degree (usually due to financial constraints).

So which is better, attaining a degree or attaining education? Initially, everyone would say it is both. But a closer and deeper take on the issue would lead you to a single possible answer: it is the education.

However, the world and the workplace are yet to learn from this realization.

Nowadays, degrees are still regarded as synonymous to education. People have yet to see companies and prospective employers looking more closely into this argument.

For the meantime, individuals with both a degree and education are on the winning end. It is just very important that you open up to learn more while you are studying to earn a degree.

 You could have both if you only would be more serious in finishing your college and learning basic professional skills.

Have a nice day.

Practice Outsourcing, Relieve The Pressure And Make More Money!

Outsourcing is the delegation of tasks or jobs from internal production to an external entity (such as a subcontractor).

Most recently, it has come to mean the elimination of native staff to staff overseas, where salaries are markedly lower.

This is despite the fact that the majority of outsourcing that occurs today still occurs within country boundaries, especially in North America.


It became a popular buzzword in business and management in the 1990s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsourcing

So it simply is taking something that is required by your business and instead of doing it yourself or in house, you pay another individual or company to do it for you.

The reason I wanted to get into this today is because I saw someone in a forum pretty upset.

 She was trying so hard to put together a good sales page for her product and through here post it seemed she was pretty frustrated and depressed about it…

And there was good advice given and I wanted to echo that for any of you that might be in business and are struggling trying to do everything yourself.

In the beginning it might make economic sense I suppose. If your funds are short, you might have to try and do a lot yourself, but keep this in mind…

The most successful marketers and business people do well because they focus on the things THEY are good at. The rest they give to others to do for them.

Some people will actually just create products and have others create the sales pages, content, graphics and more for them.

In this person’s case above, she could go to a place like eLance and put the job up for people to bid on. She’d pay someone a few bucks and probably get a fantastic sales page.

If you are looking for a programmer, you might go to elance.com.
The investment can come back to you a 100 or 1000 fold. Find people that are good at other things that you are not or don’t have time for.

I’ve done it myself. I’m working on an on going project with an individual who I found through eLance. We are co-authoring an eBook together. The project itself is long term.

 It involves a lot of research and time, but she brings to the table things I don’t. I bring to the table things & experience that she doesn’t.

We are a team.

So the next time YOU get frustrated or stressed because of time or inability to do something, think about it. Think about going out there and finding someone to help you with your project and business.

Also learn to pace yourself & not put to much pressure on yourself if something isn’t working out. It’s not worth losing your sanity or becoming depressed over something like your business.

ALL of us struggle with something; every business struggles… We are not all good at everything… Even the most successful of us have times of difficulty.

Just focus on your strengths and your goal. Work at it. Don’t focus on the obstacle; focus on the result your effort will have.

Taking breaks will help as well. Take a walk. If something is REALLY driving you crazy, set it down for a few days and work on something else. When you come back to it, you’ll come back with fresh energy and will be more effective.

OR… simply ask for some help in your favorite forum!

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. -Napoleon Hill