When I was seven, I started Grade 1. I never went to nursery, kindergarten, or preschool like some of my classmates. My path into education was straight into the system — and from the start, I had questions.
Why do we go to school?
The answer I got: “Because you need to learn.”
But that wasn’t enough for me. I asked again: Why?
Answer. Then again: Why? Why? Why?
I remember my mother, and almost anyone I questioned, eventually saying: “You ask too many questions.”
So I stopped asking, and I followed what they told me. I went to school “to learn.”
But as I grew, I realized something: learning isn’t the end. It’s just the beginning. If what you learn doesn’t serve its purpose, it’s wasted.
Think about a chair.
A chair is designed for sitting. If no one sits on it, if it’s never used, then it’s not serving its purpose. It’s just taking up space.
Learning works the same way.
- If you study business but never do business, the knowledge is wasted.
- If you study automotive mechanics but never fix a car, the skill is wasted.
- If you study entrepreneurship but never start something of your own, the years are wasted.
Knowledge that isn’t used is like a chair that’s never sat on. It may exist, but it doesn’t serve its purpose.
Most of us were trained to go to school and “just learn.” That’s why so many people graduate with degrees they don’t use.
It’s not that they’re stupid. It’s that they were never clear about why they were learning in the first place.
The result?
- Shifting from one course to another.
- Ending up in jobs unrelated to their education.
- Storing knowledge in their head that never touches real life.
That’s not clarity. That’s blind learning.
My personal learning style has always been simple: learn by doing.
It’s not enough to read a textbook or pass a test. Real clarity comes when you apply knowledge and see it work in practice.
- You don’t understand business until you’ve tried selling something.
- You don’t understand mechanics until you’ve fixed an engine with your own hands.
- You don’t understand entrepreneurship until you’ve built and tested a system that either works or fails.
Theory gives you a foundation. Application gives you clarity.
Education without application costs more than just tuition. It costs years of your life, energy you won’t get back, and confidence that erodes with every false start.
How many graduates do you know who spent four years on a course, only to end up doing something completely unrelated? That’s wasted potential.
It’s not because they didn’t learn. It’s because what they learned was never used for its purpose.
The real question isn’t, “What should I learn?”
The real question is, “Why am I learning this — and how will I use it?”
That’s clarity.
Before you start, ask:
- What is the purpose of this knowledge?
- Will I apply it in real life?
- Does it serve the direction I want to go?
If the answer is no, then be honest: that education is a waste.
Looking back, I see it clearly now. The system told me to “just learn,” but clarity told me something different:
Learning only matters if it’s used.
That’s why in my own work — and in building the Playbook — I stick to learning by doing. Not just theory, but application. Because that’s where knowledge becomes real, and that’s where purpose lives.
Education without purpose is nothing more than storage. It piles up facts, theories, and diplomas, but it doesn’t build lives.
Clarity transforms learning from information into action. It takes theory and makes it usable. It turns “go to school to learn” into “learn to build, learn to apply, learn to live free.”
Because if what you learn doesn’t serve its purpose, it’s just wasted time, effort, and resources.
- Knowledge that isn’t used is wasted — like a chair that’s never sat on.
- Blind learning creates confusion; purposeful learning creates clarity.
- Real education is learning by doing, not just theory.