Many people equate doing well academically to doing well in life. This was especially true in the previous generation, because the supply of educated people who can solve higher level problems were low back then. University graduates could handle tasks which require a higher degree of knowledge. However, as society progresses and the supply of graduates increased, the marginal utility of getting a good education drops significantly. In the current era where any student can get into a university, even if it is a third-rate university, this only means that the average quality of a university graduate is simply not comparable to the past. We probably know university graduates with an intelligence on the level of a bacteria. The advent of AI is also adding salt to the wound, replacing many jobs from actors to solicitors. We now have a wave of university graduates who studied hard, walk the ‘right path’, only to find themselves stepping into society with little hopes of finding a decent job to match their academic efforts and achievements.

Note that I am not saying education is not important. In certain fields such as medicine and aerospace, a proper education is still essential. However, we also need to realise that with modern technology and the average educational level of the citizens, many jobs in the employment market can be done by anyone. Many of us are replaceable, either by a younger person, a cheaper labour or simply by AI.
Working and doing a business has the same underlying concept – to do something which people cannot do, or to do something which people do not want to do. In short, solve a problem for others. The more complex the problem you can solve, the higher your reward. And unfortunately, given the state of things today, the skills people learnt in school is not adequately preparing them for society. The culminating results of all the above factors is the reason students with decently good academic results not being able to achieve anything much in society.

Problem solving in school and problem solving in society has a critical difference – the amount of information available. Science based examination questions such as Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics etc all share the same restrictions – the examination cannot test you a concept which you were not taught, and that all the information required to solve the problem is given to you. The question itself may be extremely difficult, but it is bound by the 2 principles mentioned above. Arts based subjects such as Economics and languages generally have an overall template to act as a guide when answering the questions. In school, as long as you work hard to understand the concepts and take time to understand the rules for each subject, achieving good results is simply a given.
In actual life, the opposite happens. Whether at work or in personal life, we always have to make sensible decisions without complete information. Our emotions, which frequently acts as a hindrance, affect our logical thinking and decision making. Worst still, that incomplete information we are given are also often times a false representation meant for us to see. Sometimes, we simply fail because of bad luck. And sometimes, we simply fail. Not every failure has a lesson. Sometimes we just fail despite doing our best. We see this in the stock market, when we fall in love and gets into a relationship, when we get retrenched.

Life tests you on problem solving skills based on incomplete information, calculated risk taking, and how you use the resources at hand. Different people have different resources, so no point delving into that. The good thing is, unlike schools, if you fail now, it is not the end. There is still a chance for you to turn things around. Also, you do not need to score full marks all the way. You only need to make a few simple and correct decisions at life’s critical step. Let me quote a few example. Choosing to study well instead of playing too much in school, taking the first job even if it does not pays well, choosing the right person to marry, not making unnecessary big financial commitments such as a car in certain countries, going overseas to a place suitable for you if your home is not conducive for your success. You do not need to do very well in school, nor choose the perfect marriage partner. You just need to do decently well in life’s critical points.

What problem can you solve? What skills do you have that you can apply to? What resources do you have? It is ok to temporarily settle for something just to put food on the table. But you should never stop thinking and trying, never stop being curious, and slowly improve over time. And one day when you look back, you will realise you have come a long way.

In the next article, I will talk about going overseas as a continuation to this.
ๅพๅคไบบ่ช็บๅจๅญธๆ กๅๅพๅฅฝๆ็ธพ็ญๅๆผๆ็บไบบ็่ดๅฎถใๅจไธไธไปฃๆ่จฑๆฏ้ๆจฃ๏ผไฝ้ฃๆฏๅ ็บ็ถๆ็็ฅ่ญๅๅญไพๆ้ๅธธๅฐ๏ผ่ๅคงๅญธ็ขๆฅญ็่ฝๅฎๆ้่ฆๆด้ซ็ฅ่ญ็ๅทฅไฝใ้จ่็คพๆ็็ผๅฑ๏ผๅคงๅญธ็ขๆฅญ็็ไพๆๅคงๅน ๅขๅ ๏ผ่ๅช่ณชๆ่ฒ็้้ๆ็ไนๅคงๅน ้ไฝใๅจไธๅไบบไบบ้ฝ่ฝไธๅคงๅญธ็็พไปฃ๏ผๅณไพฟๆฏไธๆตๅคงๅญธ๏ผ้ๅช่ฝๆๅณ่ไธๅๅคงๅญธ็ขๆฅญ็็ๅนณๅๆฐดๅนณๅคงไธๅฆๅพๅใๅคงๅฎถ่ฏๅฎๆ่ช่ญๅนพๅๅณไพฟๅคงๅญธ็ขๆฅญ๏ผๆบๅไพ็ถๅๅฎ็ดฐ่ๅ็ฉไธๆจฃ็ไบบใAI็ๅบ็พๆดๆฏ้ชไธๅ ้๏ผๅพๆผๅกๅฐไบๅๅพๅธซ๏ผๅคๅๅทฅไฝๅทฒ่ขซๅไปฃใๆๅ็พๅจๆไธๆนๅชๅ่ฎไบๆธ๏ผ่ตฐไบโๆญฃ้โ๏ผ็ขๆฅญๅพไพ่ๅพ้ฃๆพๅฐ็ฌฆๅไปๅๅญธๆฅญๆ็ธพ็ๅๆจฃๅทฅไฝ็็ขๆฅญ็ใ
ๆไธๆฏ่ชชๆ่ฒไธ้่ฆใๅจไธไบ้ ๅ๏ผไพๅฆ้ซๅญธๅ่ชๅคฉ๏ผไธๅๆญฃๅ ซ็ถ็ๆ่ฒ้ๆฏๅฟ ่ฆ็ใไฝๆๅไนๅพ่ช่ญๅฐไปฅ็พไปฃ็็งๆๅไบบๆฐ็ๅนณๅๆ่ฒๆฐดๅนณ๏ผๅฐฑๆฅญๅธๅ ด่ฃกๅคงๅคๆธ็ๅดไฝๆฏ่ชฐ้ฝ่ฝๅไปป็ใๅคงๅคๆธ็ไบบๅๆฏๅฏ่ขซไธๅๆดๅนด่ผ็ไบบ๏ผๆดๅปๅน็ๅๅ๏ผ็่ณๆฏAIๅไปฃ็ใ
ๅทฅไฝๅ็ถๅ็ๅบๅฑค้่ผฏๆฏไธๆจฃ็ – ่ฆๅๅไบบๅฎถๅไธๅฐ็ไบ๏ผ่ฆๅๅนนไบบๅฎถไธ้กๆๅนน็ๆดปใ็ฐกๅฎ่ชช๏ผๅฐฑๆฏๅนซไบบๅฎถ่งฃๆฑบๅ้กใไฝ ่งฃๆฑบ็ๅ้ก่ถ่ค้๏ผไฝ ็ๅๅ ฑ่ถ้ซใไธๅนธ็ๆฏ๏ผ็พไป็ๅญธๆ กๆๆ็ๆฒ่ฝ่ฎๅญธ็ๅ ๅ็็บๆญฅๅ ฅ็คพๆๅๅฅฝๆบๅใ็ตๅไปฅไธๅ ็ด ๏ผๆๅ่ฆ่ญไบไธๆนๅญธ็ฟๅๅๅช็ง๏ผๅปๅจ็คพๆไธไป้บผ้ฝๆๅฐฑไธไบ็ไบบใ
ๅจๅญธๆ ก่งฃๆฑบๅ้กๅๅจ็คพๆ่งฃๆฑบๅ้กๆๅๅพ้้ต็ๅๅฅ – ไฟกๆฏ้ใๅๆธๅญธ๏ผๅๅญธ๏ผ็ฉ็็็็ง่่ฉฆ้ฝๆๅๆจฃ็้ๅถ – ่่ฉฆไธ่ฝ่ไฝ ไธๅๆฒๆ้ไฝ ็ๆฆๅฟต๏ผๅๆๆ้่ฆ่งฃ้ก็ไฟกๆฏ้ฝๅทฒ็ตฆไฝ ใๅ้กๆฌ่บซๅฏ่ฝๅพ้ฃ่งฃ๏ผไฝ้ไธ้ไปฅไธๅ ฉๅๅๅใๅ็ถๆฟๅญธๅ่ชๆ็ๆ็งๆดๆฏๆไธๅ็ญ้กๆจก็ใๅจๅญธๆ ก๏ผๅช่ฆๅชๅไบ่งฃ็่ซ๏ผ่ฑๆ้ไบ่งฃๆฏๅ็ง็ฎ็่ฆๅ๏ผๅๅพๅฅฝๆ็ธพไธ้ๆฏๅๅฟ ็ถ็ตๆใ
็พๅฏฆ็ๆดปๆฏ็ธๅ็ใไธ็ฎกๆฏๅจ่ทๅ ดๆ็งไบบ็ๆดป๏ผๆๅไธ็ด้ฝๅพๅจไฟกๆฏไธๅฎๆด็็ๆณไธๅๅบ็ๆบ็ๆฑบๅฎใๆๅ็ๆ ๆๆดๆฏๅๆๅธธๅฝฑ้ฟๆๅๅ็ๆบๅคๆท็็ต่ ณ็ณใๅจๆ็ณ็ณ็็ๆณไธ๏ผๆๅๆๅพๅฐ็ไธๅฎๆดไฟกๆฏ้ๆฏๅฅไบบๅปๆ่ฎๆๅ็ๅฐ็่ๅไฟกๆฏใ็่ณๆๆๆๅๆๅ ็บ้ๆฐฃไธไฝณ่ๅคฑๆใ่ๆๆๅฐฑๆฏๆฏซ็กๅๅ ็ๅคฑๆใไธๆฏๆฏๅๅคฑๆ้ฝๆๅ่ฝๅธๅ็ๆ่จใๆๆ๏ผๆๅๅฐฑๆฏๆไบ๏ผๅณไพฟไปๅบไบๆๅคงๅชๅใๅจ่กๅธ๏ผๆๆ๏ผ่ทๅ ด๏ผ้ฝๆฏไปฅไธๆ่ฟฐ็ๅธธๆ ใ
็ๆดปๆ่้ฉ็๏ผๆฏๅจไฟกๆฏไธๅฎๆด๏ผ้ๆฌ่กก้ขจ้ช็็ๆ ไธ๏ผๆๆ็้็จไฝ ่ฝๆฏ้ ็่ณๆบใๆฏๅไบบ้ฝๆไธๅ็่ณๆบ๏ผๆไปฅ้่ฃกๆฒๅฟ ่ฆๆทฑ็ฉถๅ ฌๅนณ่ๅฆใๅฅฝๆถๆฏๆฏ๏ผๅๅญธๆ กไธไธๆจฃ๏ผไปๅคฉ็ๅคฑๆไธไปฃ่กจๆๅคฉไธ่ฝๆๅใๅช่ฆ้ๆดป่ๅฐฑ่ฝๅ่ฝใไธ๏ผไฝ ไนไธ้่ฆๆฏๅ้ธๆ้ฝ่ๅพๆปฟๅใๅช่ฆๅจๅนพๅ้้ต็็ฏ้ปๅๅบ็ฐกๅฎไธๆญฃ็ขบ็้ธๆๅณๅฏใ่ๅนพๅไพๅญ๏ผไธๅญธๆๅฅฝๅฅฝๅธๆธ๏ผ่ธๅบ็คพๆๆไธๆๅ็ฌฌไธไปฝๅทฅไฝ๏ผๅ้ฉๅ่ชๅทฑ็ไผดไพถ็ตๅฉ๏ผไธ่ฑๅคง้ข่ฒทไธๅฟ ่ฆ็ๆฑ่ฅฟ(่ป)๏ผๅบๅๅปไธๅๆด้ฉๅ่ชๅทฑ็ๅฐๆน็ญ็ญใไฝ ไธ้่ฆๅจๅญธๆ กๅๅ็ๅ ๏ผไนไธ้่ฆๆพๅๅฎ็พ็ไผดไพถ๏ผๅช่ฆๅจ้ไบ้้ต็ๆฑบๅฎ๏ผๅๅบ็ธๅฐๅฅฝ็้ธๆๅณๅฏใ
ไฝ ่ฝ่งฃๆฑบไป้บผๅ้ก๏ผไฝ ๆไป้บผ่ฝ้็จ็ๆ่ฝ๏ผไฝ ๆไป้บผ่ณๆบ๏ผ็บไบ็ๆดป๏ผๆซๆๅ้ปๅงๅฑๆฒไป้บผๅคงไธไบใๆ้่ฆ็ๆฏไธ่ฆๅๆญขๆ่๏ผไธ่ฆๅๆญขๅชๅ๏ผๆๅปไฟ็ๅฅฝๅฅๅฟ๏ผๆ ขๆ ข้ฒๆญฅ่ชๅทฑใ็ธฝๆไธๅคฉๅ้ ญ็๏ผไพฟๆ็ผ็พ๏ผ่ชๅทฑ่ตฐไบๅพ้ ใ
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