Why Can’t Education Give You Knowledge?

At the time of the ancient Egyptians, education was an expensive proposition. Most often, only boys received schooling, starting from around the age of five and ending when they reached their teens. If a family couldn't afford to send their son to school, then when he was old enough, he would go to work with his father and learn his trade.

Schools were usually attached to temples and government offices and children were taught by the priests. Young students learned hieratic script, practicing their writing on broken bits of pottery or wooden boards. Papyrus was considered far too expensive to use just for practice! Older students studied hieroglyphs, math, history, languages, geography, astronomy, and law, as well as gymnastics and good manners!

FACT: Knowledge is POWER!

Nowadays, formal or self-education can still be quite expensive, but investing in yourself to acquire knowledge is the best investment you could ever make.

As Plato said, “Knowledge is the food of the soul.”

On one side, people who go to college often don’t continue to actively seek knowledge once they’ve finished their formal education. On the other side, people who couldn’t afford to go to college in the first place often think that they have no chance to succeed in life because they didn’t have enough education.

Both sides are wrong! Why?

Simply because there is a BIG difference between information and knowledge. Even Albert Einstein once said that “information is not knowledge.”

Education may give you tons of information, but it doesn’t necessarily give you knowledge. Therefore, formal education is not enough to succeed in life, and having no formal education simply doesn’t matter. What really matters is the APPLICATION of the information received!

Applied information is the TRUE KNOWLEDGE. As Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said, “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”

Information alone doesn’t lead to results—if it is not applied, it becomes merely wasted potential. You only achieve true knowledge and wisdom when you apply the information you gain in the real world.

There are an infinite number of sources of information in the world. One is formal education, of course. But there are plenty of other sources, such as the internet, books, audio CDs, DVDs, seminars, and magazines, just to name a few. You can acquire information just about anywhere. But you can acquire knowledge ONLY through application and experience. Our friend Albert Einstein also said, “The only source of knowledge is experience.”

And then there’s the power of SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE—knowledge in its most powerful form. Specialized knowledge is when you have in-depth knowledge of a particular field that you have acquired through years of experience in a very specific niche. You know you have achieved ultimate knowledge when you become the “go-to” expert in a certain field. And that specialized knowledge makes you the most valuable person you can be.

Try NOT to be a jack of all trades!

It is never too late to acquire knowledge. To maximize your personal value and contribution to the world, you need to acquire information and put it into action. Only then will you have TRUE knowledge and value. And to give your knowledge the maximum impact and power, SPECIALIZE. Know everything there is to know about a specific niche. Develop as much experience as you can in that one field so that your value will go through the roof and you’ll be unmatched.

Follow the Pharaohs’ code and don’t hold back from INVESTING in yourself!

A Brilliant Way to Build a Happy Family!

The ancient Egyptians had large families with an average of four to seven children. Boys were expected to help their fathers and girls their mothers, and all children would usually stay in the family home until the ages of thirteen to fifteen.

At that time, they would be expected to get married. Although some marriages were arranged, people more often married for love. There was no formal or legal marriage ceremony—people simply set up a "common home" together as a declaration of their union. A woman would usually be given a dowry, which would remain her property throughout the marriage or in the event of divorce.

The ancient Egyptians clearly valued FAMILY life. And it surely MUST be valued by anyone who seeks joy in life. That is simply because the family is the only place where you can find unconditional love. The love of a family is one of life’s greatest blessings.

George Bernard Shaw once said, “A happy family is but an earlier heaven.”

Now, mark the word HAPPY. Don’t ever fall into the trap of ignoring your family for the sake of your career, fame, or fortune. One day, your family will be the only people standing beside you in your last moments of life. They are the strongest support system you will ever have. The time devoted to your family is time VERY WELL spent.

Nowadays, people tend to put less importance on building a happy family. Or even if they do understand its importance, they still claim that they don’t have time to spend with the family. Why? Because they are just too busy working to provide their family with money and security.

Be honest with yourself.

If you lose your family, all the success in the world would have no meaning. You may not realize that now, but rest assured that at a certain point in time this truth will become crystal clear.

As Winston Churchill said, “There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened, and maintained.”

The impact of your family on you and your life is unmatched. Yes, there are some special cases in which the family becomes a nightmare. If that is your situation, then you must work to build a VIRTUAL family of friends, relatives, or whoever it is you feel closest to. The bottom line is that you need the EMOTIONS that come with having a family. And no matter what mistakes your parents made while bringing you up, you must believe that they were trying to do their best. They never meant to harm you.

Now, let me share with you a brilliant way to build a HAPPY family. The idea is illustrated perfectly in a proverb that says, “Treat your family like friends and your friends like family.”

Need I say more?

Building a happy family is worth every effort you put into it. A happy family is one of the greatest joys in life. It is the ultimate source of unconditional love.

Remember—family comes first. That is what the Pharaohs realized thousands of years ago!

How Can Simple a Lifestyle Be Your Access to Greatness?!

Daily life in Ancient Egypt revolved around the Nile and the fertile land along its banks. The annual flooding enriched the soil and brought good harvests and wealth to the land.

People generally built their own mud brick homes, grew their own produce, and traded in the villages for food and goods they could not produce themselves.

Most ancient Egyptians worked the land as field hands and farmers, or as craftsmen and scribes, with only a minority section of society enjoying the privileged lifestyles of the nobility.

Despite of the majestic legacies left behind by the ancient Egyptians, you can see from this scene of their daily life how simply they lived and how important simplicity was in their lives.

The fact is that simplicity is an important key to finding joy in life.

You can always see and feel the simplicity in the ways of thinking and living of successful people. They understand that simplicity opens the doors to great opportunities and makes them more admirable and attractive to others. Successful people believe that simplicity gives them access to greatness.

As Leo Tolstoy once said, “There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.”

Our modern day lives, however, tend to be very complicated, which makes our ways of living and thinking complicated as well. To truly be successful and experience the joy of life, you need to use your creativity to discover a way to bring your life back to simplicity and peace.

Consider what Henry David Thoreau once said: “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand. Instead of a million, count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumbnail.”

So get rid of all those “extras” that do nothing but clutter up your life and keep you from attaining joy! Instead, follow Charles Warner’s advice: “Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.”

The ancient Egyptians built their homes from mud bricks—and yet they still managed to build those marvelous Pyramids!

It is easy to discern the beautiful lesson left to us by the ancient Egyptians—that simplicity is the path to joy, peace of mind, and greatness. Try your hardest to protect your attitude from the complexities of modern life, and work on developing simple ways of living—and of doing business as well!

Here’s your takeaway…

Think simply, live simply, and do business simply!

That is one of the BIG secrets to finding JOY in your life.

Welcome!

Hello from Egypt, The Land of Pharaohs!

Our culture is steeped in history. Everywhere you travel, you are reminded of the great legacies left behind by our pharaoh forefathers.

Abundant legacies of success surround us. The Great Pyramids, the Sphinx, and grand temples built by wealthy, successful pharaohs are a daily reminder of what each of our lives can be. Not just in Egypt, but anywhere in the world.

This culture has inspired me since my childhood and has guided me to start uncovering the Ancient Egyptians secrets to creating everlasting success and leaving a majestic legacy. And I want to help you explore the many possibilities that lay in front of you - Possibilities for greatness. Possibilities for Everlasting Success.

Let the stories and wisdom of the great Pharaohs be your source of motivation, entertainment and inspiration to find joy in your life and bring joy to others as well.

To Your Everlasting Success,
Tohami, The Success Pharaoh