You can have a PhD in something without ever stepping inside a classroom.
You can be a genius without ever passing a test.
David Beckham probably isn’t the guy you’d call if you needed help doing your taxes.
But if you needed a perfect shot from 30 yards out to win a game?
He’s a professor. A surgeon. A master.
He has a PhD in shooting.
That’s the thing about education: it doesn’t always come with a diploma.
It comes from obsession. From curiosity. From hours that no one sees.
I have an education in guerrilla marketing.
I have a degree in product development — even if nobody ever handed me a piece of paper for it.
But if you asked me to explain how insurance works?
I’d be lost. Probably still am.
You don’t have to be the best at everything.
That’s what friends are for.
That’s what mentors are for.
That’s what building a community is for.
It’s not about being perfect.
It’s about finding the thing that makes you come alive — and diving into it without asking permission.
Educate yourself on whatever intrigues you.
Read. Try. Fail. Watch. Listen. Break it. Build it again.
Become the kind of person who has a PhD in whatever the hell you love.
Because when the world tries to measure you by standards that never fit you in the first place,
the real flex is knowing you built your own education — your own way.
Study your dreams.
Master your passions.
Graduate when you say you’re ready.