FBC – 399 – How to get $1,000,000 worth of education for $20?

How to get $1,000,000 worth of education for $20?

Are you one of those people who think that education is incredibly expensive?

Let's face it, tuitions in college, especially in the US are ridiculously high.

However, there is a way for you to get the BEST POSSIBLE education on the planet for a fraction of the price?

How about getting an education worth millions for $20 or less?

It is possible… if you do this one thing

All the answers in today's episode

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When you want to read books, there are certain types of books that you need to read.

The best type of books that you should read is autobiographies, like the autobiography of, I don't know, Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos.

Something that will give you so much insight into what exactly was going on in the person's mind, the doubts, and the challenges, how they made the decisions. What they did when things were tough, the angle that they were working, you're basically able to be in the most successful people's minds and understand how they made their decision.

I told you that that's one of the skills that I heard in an interview recently. This guy said, look, I'm teaching my kids how to make decisions and this is precious. And when you are listening to or reading an autobiography, dude, you're basically picking the brain of the most successful people.

I think these are the best books that you want to kind of like read or listen to because you get so much out of it. Because, you know, I can go out and tell people about my friend Bob. He did this and then he grew up there but it's just me. It's my interpretation of Bob's life.

I wasn’t there, right? I didn't know. I don't know what Bob was thinking and the small little detail that he saw in a small company that nobody cared about and why he said, you know what, I'm going to put my money on that.

Only Bob will be able to tell you this. Right. So that's the reason why if you have time, right? You have time. So in addition to acquiring new skills, please, please, please, guys take the time to acquire a new skill or work on something that you've always wanted to work on or you started working on and then you just put it to a side.

How to get $1,000,000 worth of education for $20?

But also what I really suggest you do is pick up in an autobiography of a very successful person. OK, so again, I'm talking about business here, but it doesn't have to be business, right? Successful doesn't just mean you have created this company and that kind of stuff.

The autobiography of Mother Teresa, for example. I don't know, Nelson Mandela or something like this. Right. That will take you straight into the mind of a very successful person. And you will understand with this a few things like how they made their decisions and you can model your decisions or at least inspire or understand it and then make up your own.

But also, it will also show you that these guys didn't start necessarily with a big empire. They started like you and me, and they had their doubts, their butt kicked. They had this and they had that and they stuck with it.

I mean, it's as if you were sitting with that person for hours on end and they tell you exactly what they were thinking, how they tackled everything and how they did everything. And I think these are the ones where you're going to get the most information and the most out of it.

You decide but it is really my belief that these are going to be far more productive than any other. There's nothing wrong with reading like a novel or something. I love, for example, Agatha Christie's. Oh man, I love those books, man.

But the thing is I always suspect everybody. Then they all die. Gee, no, no, no. That's him. I suspect everybody. And then next thing you know, the killer is none of the people I suspected. But I do love these books.

But, you know, if I want to learn something, pick up an autobiography.

Frequently Asked Questions

How can you get a million dollar education for twenty dollars?

By reading the right books, especially autobiographies of highly successful people. For the price of a single book you gain access to decades of someone hard won insight. Martin calls this picking the brain of the world most successful minds, which is an education that would otherwise be impossible to buy.

Why are autobiographies the best books to read?

Because they reveal what was actually going on in a successful person mind: their doubts, challenges, and how they made tough decisions. Martin says reading the life stories of people like Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos lets you understand their reasoning and absorb lessons that took them an entire lifetime to learn.

What can you learn from successful people life stories?

You learn how they thought when things got hard, the angles they worked, and how they reached pivotal decisions. Martin values this because decision making is a precious skill. By stepping inside their minds through their writing, you collect frameworks and judgment you can apply directly to your own life and business.

Why is learning to make decisions so valuable?

Because the quality of your decisions shapes the quality of your life and business. Martin heard a man say he teaches his children how to make decisions, and considered that priceless. Studying how accomplished people chose under pressure trains your own judgment, which pays off far beyond the small cost of a book.

About the Author

Martin Ebongue is the founder of martinebongue.com, an online business and lifestyle design blog focused on helping aspiring entrepreneurs build location-independent businesses. Since 2014, he has been creating and scaling online ventures across multiple niches, from digital products and affiliate marketing to SaaS and content platforms, while traveling the world. He shares the real-world strategies, tools, and systems that work, with a particular focus on AI-powered automation for solopreneurs. Follow him on YouTube, X (Twitter), and Instagram.

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