Sep 30, 2026 · 31 min · 11 segments
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That me and my sister, you will go to college, you will get a degree, and this is what you have to do to be successful, and we want you to be successful, right? Just as you, previous generations didn't go to college.
Now, obviously, there's some paths of work that you have to have a college degree.
You can't do any of those things without an education, without higher education, right? But do you have to have a higher education? Do you have to have a degree in order to get a really good job that pays really good to live off of and to build a family for the next 40 years? No.
When you look at the people that I deal with on a daily basis, who are my largest clients? Most of them don't have college degrees,
Do you have any big clients that didn't graduate high school, that dropped out? A couple.
Now, was their path to success different than maybe a doctor's path to success? Absolutely.
But they both had to work really hard to get to where they were, right? So in my opinion, if you love school, education is important, you have certain professions you want to be in that takes a degree, should you go to school? Absolutely.
You know, I would have been just fine not going to school and doing some type of trade.
Think about the amazing programs there are now at all these community colleges, right? You know, whether it's, oh, I'm going to be a welder.
then go get a four-year degree and go get a job at, I'm just making up a name here, at Wells Fargo Bank as a personal banker and tell me how much money you can make.
That me and my sister, you will go to college, you will get a degree, and this is what you have to do to be successful, and we want you to be successful, right? Just as you, previous generations didn't go to college.
Now, obviously, there's some paths of work that you have to have a college degree.
You can't do any of those things without an education, without higher education, right? But do you have to have a higher education? Do you have to have a degree in order to get a really good job that pays really good to live off of and to build a family for the next 40 years? No.
When you look at the people that I deal with on a daily basis, who are my largest clients? Most of them don't have college degrees,
Do you have any big clients that didn't graduate high school, that dropped out? A couple.
Now, was their path to success different than maybe a doctor's path to success? Absolutely.
But they both had to work really hard to get to where they were, right? So in my opinion, if you love school, education is important, you have certain professions you want to be in that takes a degree, should you go to school? Absolutely.
You know, I would have been just fine not going to school and doing some type of trade.
Think about the amazing programs there are now at all these community colleges, right? You know, whether it's, oh, I'm going to be a welder.
then go get a four-year degree and go get a job at, I'm just making up a name here, at Wells Fargo Bank as a personal banker and tell me how much money you can make.
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