“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
— Бенжамен Франклин
Franklin dropped out at 10. His father could not afford school for the fifteenth child. Everything Franklin knew, he taught himself: borrowed books, conversations with sharper minds, his own mistakes. He became a scientist, a diplomat, a writer, and one of the founders of a nation. No degree, no credentials.
I started as a printer's apprentice at 12. I had nothing but curiosity. I read whatever I could get my hands on. I asked questions that seemed dumb. I made mistakes I was embarrassed about. But every book, every conversation, every failure taught me something. Do not wait for someone to hand you knowledge. Go get it yourself. That is the one investment no one can ever take from you.