Financial intelligence is more important for wealth creation than academic achievement or professional status.

“Just because you're not an A student and because you're not a doctor or lawyer doesn't mean you can't be rich if you have financial if a good financial intelligence.”

Academic institutions should be complemented by practical, real-world financial knowledge to be truly useful for success.

“I think it's also really important to apply it to real-life situations and actually see how people do it, because sometimes professors might say one thing and it's actually the complete opposite when you actually do it in real life”

Traditional education acts as mental programming or slavery rather than a path to freedom.

“I mean, I don't agree with the traditional education system. I think it's programming, mental slavery.”

He argues that formal traditional university education is not necessary for success, and that self-directed learning through books and mentorship is more valuable.

“Well, I think the greatest training and the greatest postgraduate education of my life were books. That's what they were, that's what has made me, has empowered me and prepared me to be a different person in every way”

The requirement for personal finance classes in high schools will eliminate the excuse that people were never taught financial basics.

“And they can no longer use that excuse. And if they do, I mean, it's just going to be bullshitting me at that point.”

Erica supports the integration of financial education into the school curriculum.

“I feel like that's so necessary”

She advocates for the integration of financial education into schools every year, emphasizing that it can also make subjects like math more engaging.

“it needs to be more than that. It needs to be every year. It needs to be introduced. And, you know, we have curriculums in obvious place because I think it makes it will make math more interesting to kids if you do use money examples.”