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INSIGHT: 95% of my time at University was wasted!

I almost drowned in theory. When you start your own business, nobody cares about business theory.

It might be fine at some huge company, where you do boring shit all day and have to impress people you work with. It doesn't help you build a good business, provide a great product and satisfy customers.

Thinking of a cool new idea and writing about it isn't rewarded. Writing something your tutor might find provocative can kill your grades.

After high school and university, i realised i was rubbish at writing. I was writing for the tutor. When i left university, i stopped writing to a word cap and learned how to write content that humans understand. On my blog and at Eventzi, i write content then cut it down and simplify it.

The textbooks make students feel dumb from all the complex words and sentences. Its the author that's the dumb ass for not being clear and complicating simple things.

Most of the theory i studied was about planning. Stuff like 5 year profit and loss reports with the line ALWAYS going up from left to right. In a new business, you don't have a fucking clue what will happen in 1 month, never mind 5 years. The line goes all over the place.

Most plans based on theory is just guessing. Worry about what needs done tomorrow.

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