Real Estate Titans

Chapter 15Key Lesson #4: Educated and Quantitative

Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart, went to Brazil many years ago to meet with businessmen. He got arrested in the process. The cops thought he was a danger to society because they found him on his hands and knees, measuring the amount of space a store had between its aisles. Even though he was the richest man in the United States at the time this happened, Sam Walton had the modest attitude to understand that there was always more he could learn from competitors and businesses all over the world.

These Titans all recognize that the world is simply too vast for them to have a complete understanding of it. They are intellectually curious, and they consistently seek to feed their minds with valuable information.

While some of these Titans have prestigious college or master’s degrees, many do not. Their education did not come from school or university but from life experiences, and by learning from others who already achieved their goals.

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We live in a time when education is on the decline. Many people decide to stop learning new things when they graduate, whether it’s from high school, university, or a postgraduate program. Even more are being graduated from high schools across the country having never really learned how to learn.

There is an old Native American saying that translates: “The day you stop learning is the day you start dying.” One of your most important deliberate decisions should be to continue educating ...