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Company of One with Dale Callahan
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Company of One with Dale Callahan
202: College? There Has Got to Be a Better Way [Podcast]
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Dale Callahan
A conversation I often have with parents is something like this: "College? There Has Got to Be a Better Way".College is like a money pit and does not offer such a powerful tool to create wealth and security as perhaps it did. In fact, if chosen poorly, it generates the opposite.So today, I want to dive into the issue a little deeper and explore some thoughts.College? There Has Got to Be a Better WayThe college experience has some issues that often go with it. massive debt wasted time opportunity cost converting good thinking kids into - well, something else (garbage in and reprogramming)Yet as parents, we only hear of a few alternatives Military Trade school Living in the basement foreverThe truth is, we want for our kids the same thing that the college experience used to really offer. We want Opportunity to do anything they like Ability to earn and prosper Success on their own termsSo to think about this, let's start by unpacking what college does still offer A plan - course plan to get a degree that maps to some career Measures of success - classes and grades Accountability - timelines, deadlines Credentials - diplomas showing successNow the question is, how do we get this without college?Click here to listen now.Subscribe & Review in iTunesAre you subscribed to my Company of One? If you’re not, I encourage you to do that today, so you don’t miss an episode. Click here to subscribe in iTunes!If you like what you hear, I would be really grateful if you left me a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help other people find my podcast. I also love reading them and connecting with you. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review,” and let me know what your favorite part of the podcast is. Thank you!Links mentioned in this episode: 148: Can You Become an Engineer (or anything else) without a College Degree [Podcast] 016: How to Measure the Value of a College Education – A Do-Over! [PODCAST] 145: Does it Matter Where You Go to School? [Podcast]