The GaryVee Audio Experience If You Feel Like You're Lazy You're Probably Just Bored
Mar 19, 2024
Abby Brody, CEO and Founder of MYX, is on a mission to transform education. She addresses the flaws in the current system, highlighting the low success of graduates and the financial burden of traditional college. Abby envisions personalized learning tailored to individual goals, merging academic and real-world experiences. The conversation critiques outdated notions of work ethic, reframing laziness as a sign of boredom. Through her innovative project, she's advocating for a skills-over-degrees approach that prioritizes real-world applicability and personal growth.
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Higher Education Success Rate
- Only 14% of higher education students graduate with a valuable degree they actually use.
- The current education system has a low success rate and contributes to the student debt crisis.
Abby's Duke Experience
- Abby Brody graduated from Duke University with debt, but her teaching job paid much less than her roommates' finance and law jobs.
- Feeling like her education wasn't aligned with her outcome, she questioned the fairness of the system.
Lazy vs. Disinterested
- Students labeled as "lazy" might be disinterested in irrelevant material.
- Abby Brody realized education should be personalized and meaningful when she struggled with real-life skills despite her educational background.