My €1 Million investment plan:
• Have no vision
• Define 0 success metrics
• Lack strategy
• Follow the crowd
Doesn’t make sense, right?
It would surely fail.
Now here’s a wild thought:
Your child is that million-euro investment.
(Actually, way more valuable 🤩)
13 years ago, we made a controversial decision:
Our daughter Leyla would not go to school.
People thought we were crazy.
(Getting used to that by now)
Here’s how we approached it:
𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻:
Happy child → Happy teenager → Happy adult
𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻:
Create an environment for natural growth, curiosity, and joy
𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆:
• Learn through living
• Follow passion
• Build real-world skills
• Maintain wonder
Then we looked at traditional schooling:
• Standardized testing
• Fixed curricula
• Age-based grouping
• Success = grades
The vision didn’t align.
At all.
Result?
A thriving 18-year-old who:
• Has done 2 internships
• Has actively invested in real estate, business and the stock market with us
• Travels the world
• Runs her own business
• Loves learning
• Is genuinely happy with loads of friends
Quick exercise for you:
Take 2 minutes now:
1. Pick any “must-do” in your life
2. Ask: “Who says this is the only way?”
3. Write down 3 alternative approaches
4. Ask: “What if they work better?”
The beaten path is beaten for a reason:
It’s where everyone walked before.
Without questioning why.
Your next level of success might just be on the other side of:
“What if everything I believe about this is wrong?”
Sometimes the craziest decision is following the crowd.
And the sanest thing you can do?
Is to dare to think differently.
What “must-do” will you question today?
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About the picture: Greetings from Doha. On our way to Bali today ✈️🤩
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