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Article– July, 2008


What I didn't learn at school but wish I had


"Dreams do still come true, they did for me and I believe they can for you" Jamie McIntyre, CEO and founder of 21st Century Education tells us in What I didn't learn at school but wish I had, his best-selling book of more than 300-pages.


Jamie has a burning desire to provide a financial education - a modern day education for life, to every Australian while they are attending school and he asks, "Why are people not receiving this financial education while at school?"

"Nowhere in our school life are we taught how to have money work for us. Isn't it interesting?" Jamie informs us. "In other words, we are taught only one part of the equation and not the other. The basic concept of how to have money work for us could be taught to 10 year olds at primary school in probably a one-hour session."

According to Jamie a financial education is vital for success in life and the real world. In his best-selling book What I didn't learn at school but wish I had, which has had numerous reprints, Jamie outlines a broad range of strategies which people can utilise to improve their lives immensely.

Some of the fascinating information and strategies outlined in this book, which Jamie says you should have been taught at school, but were not, includes how to develop the mindset of a millionaire and think like a winner, why most people fail, the history of money and the systems controlling it, how to rewire your subconscious mind for financial success, how to generate instant cash flow, even if you have little money to start with and how smart investors earn $35,000 per year from investment property - tax free

Of special interest are the four key skills Jamie details "that you must master to succeed in the 21st century and how others have used these skills to earn over $100,000 p.a." Jamie also tells us how smart investors are replacing their income in 90 to 180 days or less by using a unique renting strategy and eight ways investors can raise money to start investing immediately, even if you have no money.

In this book we learn in detail that these four skills of a 21st century education are, the ability to think creatively and solve problems, the ability to communicate more effectively, the ability to market an idea or concept to bring it to reality and the ability to negotiate.

Jamie invites readers to work through his best-selling book, What I didn't learn at school but wish I had, step-by-step in order to create and redesign their life, with an emphasis on improving financial results until readers produce the results they ultimately desire.

To accomplish these objectives outlined in his book, Jamie believes it is important to spend time on developing a solid foundation of understanding the big picture of money and how to change your thinking to be more effective at implementing the exciting strategies in his book.

Jamie is positive proof that the strategies he offers in this book really work. He went from sleeping on a friend's couch with $150,000 in personal debt, no job, no income, no assets, not even $20 left in his wallet and virtually bankrupt, to becoming a self-made millionaire in a little under four years and creating an extraordinary quality of life for himself and others by using these very same strategies.

Jamie's belief is that if you are not just curious, but committed to excelling in your life in the 21st century, then what you will find in this book will be a real gift to you from someone who cares about helping others achieve similar things and you can join the thousands of others who are applying these strategies and improving their lives immensely.

"For most Australians the way they try to obtain lifestyle is to take their time, which we all have 24 hours of in a day, then they try to sell that time in exchange for some money. They think the name of the game is to sell that time for as much as they can per hour or per week. The challenge is that because we need both time and money to have lifestyle, we often sacrifice our time for money" Jamie writes.

"There are many people that become millionaires but still lack time and money. In other words, they need to keep on working. They become what we call asset rich and cash flow poor. You probably know some people like that - maybe even intimately. Becoming asset rich and cash flow poor is really not the idea. Having money stuck away that cannot be used is pointless. There are many people who die with it and there is not a lot of lifestyle in that. Sadly, the percentage of people that actually have the quality of life they would really like is very small."

"If only I had learnt this education at school, how much easier life would have been for me and no doubt many others. My dream is this type of education will soon be available in all American and Australian high schools, especially if I get my way" Jamie concludes.