21st Century Academy

In our last post we introduced the first video in the Wealth Vision 7-Day Minicourse; today, we are going to start looking more in-depth at the topics that Jamie McIntyre introduced to us in that video.

Welcome To The 21st Century

The first of the videos covers the first four chapters of Jamie’s book, What I Didn’t Learn At School But Wish I Had. It’s an aptly named book, as in all honestly it was written by Jamie and professional accountant Leigh Baker to fill in the gaps in our financial knowledge.

What Jamie found when he set off to learn how to build wealth was that the key factors are not so overly complex that the average man or woman should not be able to be rich, it’s just that we were never given a real, useful lesson in money and finance. What you need to know to be wealthy could be taught to the average ten year old (and should be). But wealth creation is not something we are taught at school, and so most of us are not wealthy.

Why Am I Not Rich?

This is the theme of the first part of the book, covered in chapters one through four. Many of us—particularly those with access to this book—can easily make this statement:

“I live in one of the wealthiest countries on earth—so why am I not rich?”

It’s a simple question, and there are many “reasons,” but the answer is simple, too—you are not rich because you have not been given the financial education to succeed in the 21st Century. School did not prepare you for success in this modern life.

The next several posts will be devoted to exploring this question. We will take a look at the answers and explanations Jamie gives us, and also take a look at Jamie’s story. As he says, his real-life story drives the reality of the situation, and the possibility and opportunity that is out there, home with its relatability.

For now I encourage you to read through at least the opening pages of the book, the Preface, Foreward, and Introduction. If you like, move on to the first four chapters as well, as that is what we will be discussing in the days ahead. Get a good understanding of what knowledge we are after, and why that is important to have in order to create wealth. It’s an exciting path through this mini-course, this topic, and this book, and I can’t wait to share it with you.

Sean Rasmussen
21st Century Academy
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