The Education of Millionaires: It's Not What You Think and It's Not Too Late

By Michael Ellsberg

Categories: Business & Money, Education & Teaching

Michael Ellsberg interviewed self-made millionaires and billionaires who never finished college, among them Russell Simmons, Facebook cofounder Dustin Moskovitz, Sean Parker, WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg and Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, to learn how they educated themselves. From their stories and his own experience he distills seven success skills that school does not teach: making work meaningful, finding mentors and building a network, marketing, sales, bootstrapping, building a personal brand and adopting an entrepreneurial mindset. Each chapter ends with practical tips.

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• Ryan Holiday: “As a person who considers the day I dropped out of college the first real day of my education, this book told me a lot I already knew. But, I'm not a millionaire so I did learn plenty.”