The Future of School (Here’s What School Should Look Like Ten Years from Now)
The following article is excerpted from our book, The Future of School, by Praxis CEO Isaac Morehouse. Want a free PDF copy of the full book? You can download The Future of School here! THE REALITY College is the dominant path for young people seeking to get into a productive career and fulfilling life. Many who […]
Is it Dangerous to Follow Your Desires?
“We abandon the most important journey of our lives when we abandon desire.” -John Eldredge People do all sorts of things without fairly considering any of the arguments that could be made against the decisions they’re making and that can be a very dangerous practice. Over the past year, however, I’ve met dozens of young […]
The College Mindset and the Entrepreneur Mindset: A Comparison
For the privilege of being turned into conformists, students (or their families) pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in skyrocketing tuition that continues to outpace inflation. Why are we doing this to ourselves? — Peter Thiel, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future I had the opportunity to attend the […]
Advice to Ambitious Young People: Just Build Something!
“I’m an ambitious young person who wants to always be moving forward in my education and career. What should I be doing?” Building something. The best thing that an ambitious young person can do at age 18, 19, or 20 is to be building something. They should be spending as much of their free time as possible […]
How to Gain Credibility Without a College Degree in Less Than a Day
Today’s post was written by Casey McGoff of Killing College, a blog for young people seeking alternatives to college and success after opting out. Contact Casey at casey@killingcollege.com. One of the toughest things about dropping out of college is figuring out how to get people to take you seriously. Most people still see the bachelor’s degree […]
How To Be Fascinating: The (Apparent) Contradictions of Interesting People
“He’s a walking contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction.” – Kris Kristofferson An aristocrat who joins a peasant revolution. An atheist who enjoys liturgical music. A janitor who makes a breakthrough scientific discovery. If these sound like they would be excellent characters for a novel, that’s because they would. We are fascinated by people who defy […]
5 Reasons Entrepreneurship Makes You a Better Person
The other day a good friend and coworker of mine coordinated an international rescue from her phone in our Atlanta office. The emergency? A boyfriend lost and dazed in a Hong Kong airport at two in the morning. The unlikely hero? A local Uber driver who circled this airport, searched the premises, and physically retrieved this poor guy. This […]
The Sleep In Your Car Test
We have a simple test for applicants to Praxis. I call it the sleep in your car test. There are people who are willing to sleep in their car to get what they want and those who aren’t. We’re only interested in the former. No, we don’t actually ask people to sleep in their cars […]
Meaningful Work is Worth the Work
“For, in the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work.” -James C. Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t A major part of our mission at Praxis is […]
The Habit is The Way: Cultivating Success as a Discipline
Consciously developed habits that you commit to whether you’re in the mood or not give you a framework on which to base the rest of your day — if you can commit to the little things and take that small victory every day, you can commit to the larger things as well. When we look […]
A Note to Young Dreamers Who Don’t Feel Supported by Family & Friends
“If you want to truly honor your loved ones, go out in the world and live your absolute best and brightest, make the most of that gift your parents gave you. And you have to be okay with the fact that they may always resent you for doing so, and you have to forgive them […]
5 Signs You Might be too Good for College
There is a common myth that only Steve Jobs-like geniuses and cheese puff eating flunkies should opt out of college. For college to be a poor fit, you’ve either gotta be sitting on the next billion dollar startup idea or sitting on your mom’s couch. This is nonsense. There is a large and growing group of smart, hard-working […]
How to Master Chaos
A day will come when your work will be truly overwhelming. You will eventually say “yes” to too many things, encounter roadblocks of time or resources, or face challenges that are greater than your own current abilities. Here’s how to start swimming when the dam breaks: 1) Simplify and systematize. There far more power in reduction […]
Be Better Than the Good Opinion of Others
One of the most common causes of mediocrity is the sense of comfort and contentment we feel when others express satisfaction with our work. While elements such as a happy client, a pleased customer, a proud parent, an impressed mentor, or a thrilled audience may be useful for gauging progress in certain contexts, it doesn’t […]
The Unschooled Intellectual
It has often (thankfully) been pointed out that schooling does not make an education. Most people would not disagree that it is possible to be learned without an institution or to be ignorant with credentials. However, I think that there is a case to be made that those with a love for ideas can gain a distinct […]