Forget university? 4 steps to design your own education | Till H. Groß | TEDxKlagenfurt
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2014
- This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. How important is your education to you? Have you ever thought about designing your own education? Till H. Groß is a remarkable young man with a passion for psychology. He took his education in his own hands...with mind blowing success.
As soon as Till finished High-School he took his education in his own hands. After reading the whole psychology section of the small town library in his city, he set out to personally meet the authors of the books that thrilled him. In 2011, he started to consciously seek out the best psychologists, therapists and coaches all over Europe in order to learn from them. He visited them at home, attended their workshops and engaged in long email conversation asking numerous questions. His teachers were the founders of whole psychotherapy schools, masters in their field and some of the best paid coaches in Europe. Having the best teachers possible sped up Till’s learning curve immensely and enabled him to give talks throughout Germany at the age of 19, hold a guest lecture at the University of Vienna at age 20, conduct his own seminars, found a startup, and work as a coach at the age of 21.
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I think at 22 he has more things figured out than most people in their 40s...
Navneet Nair you can tell he has great parents
@Janice Brown I am an only child and I since a little boy have found myself identified as a self-learner, and with a creative and entrepreneurial mindset. I am intrigued because I always thought being an only child is a negative quality. Could you expand further please?
@Janice Brown Wow. I see it now. Thinking of my friends that are also only children, most are also similar, critical thinkers. I guess it really is true. Thank you so much, you've made me realise that the loneliness was eventually, in reality, the best thing that happened to me. It has been very hard looking after my single mother since young but I feel it gives me much purpose. Genuinely thanks so much.
I met him in 2015. Really smart guy, learned a lot from him.
People now understand 20s things in less than their 10s
1 have skill
2 learn from best
3 do it for free
4 keep going and have guts to accept "NO"
Sarbjit Singh and learn how to give value to those you want to learn from.
don't have skill, have passion.
learn from yourself
get paid
Stop if it sucks, don't accept no
lol these points are so general you can see them both ways. I don't endorse any points here.
Reko Starr then what the hell can I do go eat shit
unnecessary frustration is unnecessary.
I love you! lol
His talk is not about leaving school or University, it is about you gotta take another chance to get your real life experience, and if you didn't get chance to go to University, that's doesn't mean you will be a failure for the whole life, this is among the best talk I think.
Summary.
If you want to become good at something:-
1. Develop Skill
2. Learn from the Best
3. Hustle Comes First ( then passion follows)
Quote:-
"Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain. You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today. And then one day you find ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun."
- Pink Floyd-
Develop skill
- deep work
-Deliberate practice
Learn from the best
- best work way too hard
-do something that adds value to them and learn as well
- it is important to have a skilled mentor
Real life skill- learning is more important than money
Hustle comes first, passion follows
1. Focus on cultivating real, valuable, useful skills (through deep practice)
2. Find people who are "better than you" and find ways to really help them (for free)
3. "Hustle comes before passion." Work hard & keep at it!
The fact that his English is imperfect, but the content of his speech is super valuable, is really impressive.
I find his accent really good and understandable
+Keanu Oliva His spoken English is as good as your slightly flawed written English. I agree with your evaluation of the content, however:)
I don't think one's fluency in english in anyway limits one's intellectual capability and intelligence.
If you will ever learn any foreign language, you will find out that not only English natives speak about valuable things
This is what they should teach in school
OMG, was he really 22, when he delivered this talk? That's amazing and awe inspiring. Well done Till..
he is lucky to have a great father ! I think his father should have given this talk ! we need to become better parents ... my parents did the opposite always ! every time I had a dream they were so good at making fun of it and destroying it for me ...
Actually his father did what all or most parents do he simply guided his son in the direction he wanted him to go in a non-confrontational manner. note: he was playing pro basketball until his injury his father stepped in and payed him to dictate psychology books for him to listen to on his way to work. the son unconsciously began to develop a passion for psychology after months of performing dad's requests. bread crumbs
+sara meachel Every parent teaches differently, knowingly or not. Your parents prepared you in a different way than some/most might but it is unique and special to you. Live your light and share it with the world!
I also think this.. His dad was super smart ;)
thats a lot/ many parents. especially the ones without a lot of education, or too busy working
You're not alone my friend,you just gotta prove them that you are really passionate.Im havin the same situation as you and also if they make fun of you, see it as a "push" for you to strive better :)
The wise one will listen to this message and extract valueanke information and apply it towards personal growth. The not so wise will find faults and 1001 reasons why they can't break free. Remove that mental block and see you soar.
Finding one's purpose is not something that's handed to you, and it's the hardest thing to find! I've also always considered studying as a part-time thing... I've been playing lots of music, learning how to be a teacher and a journalist at the same time. Be curious my friends and seek your passion!
It usually starts by following your guts and doing the things you enjoy as well as you can.
+Guy Schneider If that's you in your profile picture, you're young like me. And that's EXACTLY that mentality that we need to bring into the world. To find the courage to follow our dreams and live life the way we want...no....NEED...to. Stay hungry, feed your mind, believe in what you can accomplish and you will die happy, with a legacy and your mak in the world
I actually love self-learning, and hopefully after my bachelor's degree, sign up for more learner-centered education or educational structures that I can do on my own for my higher education. What worries me though is that our society's economy is very old-school (at least in my developing country) and are more after those who graduated with a "degree" from traditional schools. I'm planning to be self-employed someday but people whom I might work with might not take me seriously based on the credentials that I plan to have. So right now I'm looking for people or a community who took this life path and I'd like to talk through about the cons of living life through this way and smash through them!
You are a young man with wisdom well beyond age!
University has easily become one of the most overrated things ever! In most places, it will teach you that you should destroy your dreams, live a limited life and stick to the degree you took even though you might regret it later. But it will also (if you're willingly) open your mind to new horizons and perspectives you can discover. At least I learned it that way!
Everything we've ever wanted is right on the other side of the fear that we develop since youth. I grew a great deal in the last 6 months by being unemployed after being fired from a 1 year job in a company that has been swarmed with corruption, bad values and nasty, nasty people. I'm using a lot of things I've learned from several people including Till and turned my negativism into positivism, my dreams have REAL hope now and I'm following what I believe in and what I wanna do. I've started 2016 with a bad life but this year will mark the path to success for me. Are you courageous enough to that? Do you have the vision and ability to see past many negative things you've been taught since you were a child? Are your ambitions bigger than your fears? You have a chance to live once, do not waste it by living how others tell you. Find out how to live it and live it, damn it!!
Good job!! :)
Yep :/ I suck at taking exams so I will fail college if I continue but my mom equates "going to college" to "learning". I told her I don't want to continue and she said "but how are you going to learn or get a job?" :/ I can't do it..
Curious, how are you now my friend?
Trophonix Go for an apprentice, where you can learn things practically. Colledge is not the best way for everyone to make a proper education. It can actually ruin your life. The System is very fucked. Speaking from own experience. Sorry i cant go in detail for now, but if you dont have a vision of what you want to do with your degre then learn practical things. you will mostly develop better skills step by step then just going through the martyr of examing yourself to death, leaving colledge more depressed then anything. Practical skills getting more and more important again in economy, and you can make a decent living out of it, investing your money in property. If you get out off colledge you most likely will be around 25-30 first time starting earn some money. If you are a woman no one wants start a family with you, couse you re getting to old. For men, they just getting into a profession and need maybe another 5-10 years till they are independent. Where by a worker is easily independent around 30, beginning their first house to build, paying off a car, starting a family, maybe having extra time and money to really educate themselfes based on their practical knowledge... Just dont study because everyones studying. Dont go with the flow!
Tiago Campos m8 thank you very much I was saying this for time seriuosly thank you m8
This talk was immensely illuminating. When I realized how beneficial this would be to my own intellectual learning, I immediately grabbed my notebook and began writing notes to grasp and remember the content as much as possible. It is crazy to think that I am close to his age right now, 20. I sympathized with many of his points and his disappointment with the formal education system. Thank you for this!
3. "Learning is more important than making money"
Yea, if you are blessed financially. This is such a privileged statement. So many people do not have this option because basic human needs are not provided by state or family.
Even for these people learning is more important than making money, it's just a matter of what to learn. Some people need to learn more immediately useful skills instead of psychology. But humans need to learn things as a prerequisite to just about anything. And it's not just a human thing, all mammals learn some basics from their ancestors.
I reckon the standard concept of education in western society is disaligned with reality, for learning has been equated with ivory towers. However, learning is just what the word means, the consolidation of information and development of a skill
@@LucasRibeiro-po4pb you clearly aren't aware of how poor some people are, and I can't blame you. Try to search for information on poverty.
@@komencanto That was my point. I even talked about animals. When very poor people try to grow food to eat, as was the case for most of the last thousands of years, learning the minimum to grow the food is still a prerequisite. A mammal predator, like a big cat, has to learn to hunt before being able to live independently. A child left alone right after birth will die, because it needs some level of development first, mostly learning, to even try to survive. The whole point of my original post was that education/learning, by the fundamental definition, is the most important thing for any human being in any material situation. It has nothing to do with formal, academic or whatever more sophisticated type of education you're thinking about. Also, that does not imply that people should be learning something every time. I'm just deducing the importance of learning by the premise that the importance of something in the context of a goal is proportional to its necessity for the goal. Knowing is a prerequisite for any goal. Assuming that we aren't born knowing enough, and we aren't, knowing comes through learning.
I say earn. Some spend a lifetime earning. Don't forget to learn.
I am totally agree because university only prepare you for academic purpose not for practicable world you need to gain experience and self skill in order to achieve your goals . I am very impressed with this guy he is my brother friend he is really polite and humble guy .
I like that young people like me (22 yr old) are investing in their mind which will return the investment with interest. Awesome talk!
Drop the finance parlance ("returen the investment with interest") and we can talk.
27 year old college grad here. Hopefully we'll change the international education system in the future to work for everyone. With that, shall the generations after us be able to improve upon that education. All of this said, I cannot see our current education system continuing on successfully in the future, so an overhaul of the system is needed.
I am 13 I already knew all of this I just needed the confirmation
@@nikosnianiopoulos appreciate!
I love this so much, this is exactly what I needed to hear. I've been thinking about dropping out of University to pursue a UX Design career and now I know that I've just gotta hustle through the degree while developing necessary skills on my own. Thanks so much!
I’ve been working on construing my own career without education and I’ve ran into many obstacles but this video has granted me a lot of clarity. After hearing “no” and “school is the only way” I’ve began to get discouraged. This talk really got me back on track‼️
Like Mark Twain said “don’t let schooling interfere with your education’
Hell yes Till, this got me thinking more and more about following up om my passions and push trough with all of it. Really inspiring and great talk!
I thought this guy would be hard to listen to because of his English but the things he has to say quickly makes you work through that and hear his message ❤️ love him ❤️
I relate to this guy SO MUCH. I am so passionate about Psychology and this is just.... He is speaking my heart
This was the talk I needed to be certain that I dictate my own education. Recently, I have been indulging myself into different academic disciplines, such as the biological mind, computer science (learning how to code), mechanical engineering concepts, and etc despite never learning it in high school. This being said, however, I will be attending an architecture university in 2020. Since my program heavily focuses on design rather than the practicality of structures, I worry that my "education" will be too narrowed down. Don't get me wrong, I know (so far) being an architect is what I dreamed of becoming since young, and yet I question the possibility of intertwining totally different disciplines. It can promote fascinating perspectives of what an architecture can be such as the integration of technology and design, psychological impact on one's brain when entering a building, and etc... An inspirational person comes to mind from this talk, Neri Oxman. She is known for art and architecture that combines design, biology, computing, and materials engineering. She was told that biology is not going to take her to become world class architect, yet here we are, she initiated a course of "bio-architecture" of some kind. Through her and this talk, I realized there is no such thing as "bad knowledge". You just learn for the sake of being eager to learn. Don't let what your university degree dictate the scope of your education.
I feel as though many university has lost touch with the intimate understanding that students are there to learn to better themselves. There is so much beauty in seeking for knowledge regardless if it aligns with my pursuing degree.
The actual Latin meaning of "amateur" is someone who does so purely for the love of it. And so, I want to be an amateur. I want to dictate my own education and not be limited to what my university course offers me.
I don't mind if this comment will not be seen. I am merely here for myself, to tell myself, that this is what my reason is for seeking education. Perhaps in the future, I will reread this comment and reflect on my progress...
So much value given by him at such a young age 🙌🏻
Man, your talk was amazing and I couldn't say it better! Go out to the world and spready your passion and ides!
That was a terrific talk....totally enjoyed it....A great Orator at work....and some very valuable tips shared based on life lessons learnt....cheers from Pune
My tears just came down when the big NO was on the screen. Thx so much. I felt so lucky to watch the video!
You've definitely motivated me, thank you, amazing speech!!
1 develop skill
2 learn from the best
+Austin Duran
3 learning is more important than making money
4 Hustle is first. "then passion comes after"
what does "hustle is first" mean?
+unfortunatebeam In an informal way, it's grabbing your ass to have some rough time, failure and rejection etc
This inspires me. Definitely bookmarking and watching again.
Totally agree with u we should not rely on formal education. i have just done CS degree and i dont think i really learn about CS but now i will start my journey on self-taught.
Thanks for sharing your story. The wise ones will take what they need from your talk an succeed, sorry for those who don't see the value of what you shared. Best wishes on your chosen field.
This is such a nice thought! :)
Amazing secret I learn it from you "If you want to learn from person higher level than you so focus on what value you can give i them"
Thanks Till H. Groß
3:35
Let's face it his dad being a therapist took the opportunity to change his son's life forever by paying him a very handsome amount to read and record psychology book for him to listen as audio while driving his car.
I'm pretty sure his dad knew that this trick would change his son's life without his son noticing it for longtime.
Now that's what I call a dad.
1. Develop skill through deep work and deliberate practice
2. Take your skill to the next level by learning from the best people in the world. You may have to seek out this mentor. Don't expect to bump into Mr Miyagi
3. Develop real world experience. Gaining the right experience early on is more important than making money
4. Don't expect to be passionate at first. Hustle comes first, passion often follows later
5. Get used to rejection. Everyone who has been successful has heard "NO" many times. Don't take it personally.
Very intelligent and wise person. He didn’t let ‘schooling interfere with his education’ : )
Very important speech. Thanks a lot for delivered the speech on the stage of TED Talks. We are all so much benefited by the speech. There are so much inspiration which can improve our knowledge and also our thought process. I am truly speaking that TED is the BEST platform for learning English and by the TED Talks we are always benefited. So, in future we want to more valuable, important and useful speech. And we will able to learn ENGLISH by TED Talks and motivated also so. Thanks to speaker and TED Talks team.
BANGLADESH
I just finished my formal education. I finished Law, Banking and am now majoring in General management from a super expensive private faculty which has a million dollar view from the library.
It had a total cost of a luxury SUV to my parents.
University is a mix between a bad kindergarden and a terrible psychiatry. I totally agree with this ted talk. It hasn't brought me a single cent, hasn't taught me any skill. It has only brought me insecurity, financial problems, psychological problems, destroyed relationships. I pay for sports just to stay sane. But at least i know how to cite and write academically about useless stuff after 20 years of torture. Thank you formal education, I can't wait to defend my useless thesis.
I think you got a lot of achievements but here you telling all your shits hhhahahh
im 16 and i came from serbia a year ago, when i came i was going to a school where you have school subjects for "Hauptschulabschluss" and learn German, but then I got bored and 6months later i transferd to another school and did the "Hautpschulabschluss" and "Quali".Today I'm going in M10 after that I will go to FOS and go Studie if I dont succeed in football. SO basicaly you motivated me to learn more for my future job(programming, i hope if not football). because here in school you get such easy stuff in math and informatik(wirtschaft) and im bored as f----. thank you so much.
excellent talk , I wish every person young and old would listen , brave , mindful , creative ,honest talk
tis was mosthelpful tedx talk , you people are doing great job.
The first 2 minutes of this 😩 I had a ride awakening my 1st year @ university
I have the opposite situation--- not only no one supporting me to get ahead, paying me, but a long chain of severe life blows, snags, setbacks, beyond my control, severely derailing & disrupting all my efforts... blow by blow... in real life. However, I also see God with me, with hope, "He can make a way where there is no way."
I have a goal and my goal is to change the way they educate us and i believe that i can do it just like how I phones destroyed Nokia's.
this is my dream too , only I'm not sure how to . Can you share your ideas with me ?
thank you
My dream too. First idea leave their institutions.
Thank you. Develope skill and learn from the best. The best oround us
Truly amazing and inspiring story!
Thanks Till, you really inspired me.. Wish me luck..
When people say they’ve read “dozens an and dozens” of books on a topic, it baffles me because I absolutely love reading, but am so slow at it. I wish I could say that I read dozens and dozens of books on a topic, but if I even get through one, that’s a major accomplishment for me. Good grief
Super superb....thanks for sharing!!
I’m disappointed by high school so now I am here
these are terrific suggestions, and i find educational institutions to be less and less respectable all the time, but many of these options are not viable for students that have to work, among other things. there is a lot of privilege that allowed these people to accomplish what they did and develop these methodologies. a year of four unpaid internships? not in most people's wildest dreams.
Wasn't expecting rsdmax to show up here. Good stuff
He does have good points, but mileage may highly vary depending on your level of privilege. For example, you can only work for free, if you somehow have some other type of support that allows you to live rent or bill-free. If you have to live on your own and pay for an apartment, food, etc., some of his tips may not work as well.
Who says he didn't also have a night job to pay for all the things that cost money? He sounds the sort who would have done anything to get where he wanted.
@@FlakeyPM he was privileged, as he stated he had gotten paid generously for reading books for his father.
@@FlakeyPM He didn't say he had a night job to pay for all the things that cost money, this is the thing. My observation and expreience say that those who work nght and day round end up with burn out and frustration. And never reach their dreams. Sad but true.
@@vidmiraclejdv true. Money actually gives you the freedom that you want. Getting paid without working. That may be privilege and luck to an extent but not entirely. Financial literacy and financial education gives you that freedom IMO. But sadly most people are not ready to face the truth
Fantastic talk! Thank you 🙏🏼
Your talks are very inspiring! I kinda wish you could be my mentor and be able to reach out to you for more advice haha I've watched most of your videos and they are very useful. I'll be starting college soon and have no idea what I will encounter but your videos will definitely be of help!
I love this video! So inspiring :)
blasting video WOOOOOOOOOOW! im in ALL THA WAY!
I am 22. I am taking college degree but on the side focusing much on MIT and Stanford's freely available courses and will follow his suggestions as well.
grt! courses like cs50?
Not only y oung people underestimate it. So did my parents. I'm twice your age, but what you're saying is something I wish I'd heard from my parents 30 y ears ago.
this is priceless 💖
studies are destroying creative minds if the study not 100% fits which it won`t in most cases. I just finished studying and working for 8 years and now starting just learning the stuff i need. Study made me depressive in the end. Now i feel lucky and free and quit everything and travelling the world soon. Go for someone in your field and work with him or just watch youtube.
underrated ted speech
Loved it.
This was amazing!!
I’ve faced with the same issue. Thank you
Das ist good!
Fantastic speech👏
1. Develop a skill - Read books{Deep work}and summarize in own words; Delebrate practice.
2.Learn from the best/reach out - focus on what you can give to them
3.Learning is more important than making money(get experience)
4.Hustle comes first, passion follows
Additional: Get accustomed to NO/rejection. As you're young....
Wow so inspiring! Self education is soooooo important! Teach yourself the things that make your heart beat faster! 💪💪
we are stuck in failing education systems...wish I knew this when I was 22
4 STEPS to becoming successful
Take education in your own HANDS
1. Develop Skills
Deep learning and deliberate practice)
2. Learn from the BEST people in the field
Adopt their work ethics and work practice
3. Learning is more important than money
At least at the beginning of your career
4. Hustle comes first (before you find your passion)
5. Get used to being told NO
6. Find a mentor - in exchange for his/her mentoring offer services your can provide to reduce their workload
Whatever the format, Moral & Spiritual Education is also needed as well as Material & Human Education. "Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit therefrom." ~ Bahá'i Faith
What a beautiful talk, so intelligent yet so young.... what's your name & where can I find more of your talks? I'd love to follow you. I'm much older than you but there's so much to learn from you!
1. Develop skill.
2. Learn from best
3. Learn even though you are not paid
4 hustle first
5. Accept No
@cukkoo cukkoo damn ur so funny!
Every time I watch this I feel so pumped up.
wow. so he looks so awesome, and his talk is very inspiring. 😍😍😍😍
Great video
1. Develop skill - book summaries, practice,
2. Learn from the best. - work ethics, and habits, adapt the work ethics and habits
3. Real life experience - learning is more important than making money.
4. Get used to no. It's a growing process.
best talk i watched in tedx about learning...thanks
It always comes down to good positive environment and experience ( being surrounded by good people and not burnouts and assholes ) Bad Parents, Bad teachers, Bad bosses, Bad workplace colleagues and Bad friends. Don't forget the old axiom -You can't choose your family but you can choose your friends.
I live a life surrounded by negative people, critics, and traditional wrap-ups. They keep on motivating the young people to pursue technology degree through their statistic and marketing, but in reality there is such thing that some students might ended up working with their own hands on the construction fields, jobless, and more. In school, they taught different subjects in general concepts that I find it hardly to focus. Not only learning in university brings negative impacts to me, but the older seem to believe that because the learner earn less than they do simple business or income, they tend to judge that learning is useless and it is not so valuable to learn to much. Now, I throw away my engineer degree, my business mentor, and critics in order to study online to build a career I love and the true education I seek to understand in real life.
Korona Gear exactly the same here , thanks Korona
314asaable glad we understand the world is changing.
Nothing so wrong with "working with their own hands on the construction fields". My husband did that for 40 years and now we have a very comfortable retirement income. Today all the kids want to work on a computer......lots of good jobs are going unfilled out there "working with their own hands".
Great talk buddy 😀
Great Ted talk. I love it..
im lucky to have my dad in the same field..
So true!
Perfect! :)
Till is awesome
You are champion
Oh god you are saying what i always think about.
Seem like he knows no doubts
That end quote.... damn
This guy is really interesting! If you really want it you will find a way!
I learned that from Jimmy Cliff, but whatevs. However you get it, as long as you get it.
Really great! :D i love it so much!
Have a skill!
Learn from the best mentors!
Do it for free, and take the ladder.
Keep going!
Loool I actualy am I follower of the third example... RSD MAX! #hustler
can you write down his name? Till's speech is not very clear cometimes :)
Fool2Cool www.rsdnation.com/max/blog/insane-infield-video-unleashes-max-hot-seat
woooow!!
This is very very true ! Thanks for the lesson :-)
Very inspiring!
this is good
Great