Page 1 of Jeff Brown's writing

1. The Dominant Money System: We Are Fish Not Knowing the Very Water In Which We Swim Most Americans would have a difficult time defining capitalism or the current dominant economic system in the United States. If you were to ask Noam Chomsky, he would say that capitalism, per se, hasn’t existed in the U.S. since the 1920s or... (posted by Jeff 135 days 6 hours ago.)

2. Love Your Child. Let Them Know What Education is NOT Before It’s Too Late Most parents and students, society in general, are under the false notion that education is for the kids. It’s all about what’s best for the children. Nothing could be further from the truth. Regarding primary and secondary education... (posted by Jeff 151 days 22 hours ago.)

3. Being Degreed, Licensed, Certificated as Validation of Competence is a Can of Codswallop In my job, I’m always hearing about being degreed, certificated, licensed to do this and that, that you can’t do the job or do it well without some group’s arbitrary validation of your skill-set. Poppycock! I’ll elucidate... (posted by Jeff 172 days 4 hours ago.)

4. I Grew Up A Clone: Getting through life one changed perception at a time Yes, like many of us, I was cloned by my parents to be fearful, doubting, full of anxiety and fear. Not unlike the other 70% who grow up in dysfunctional families, I was certainly full of dysfunction. What were my attributes? Here’s a short... (posted by Jeff 187 days 8 hours ago.)

5. What's Missing in Your Education: The Fourth “R”: Financial Returns This is an outtake from my book Education: A Waste of Time? 7 Critical Elements Needed to Fill Key Gaps in Your Education That Waste 10 to 15 Years and 100s of Thousands of Dollars Chapter Two: The Fourth “R” Beyond Reading... (posted by Jeff 201 days 7 hours ago.)

6. You Want an Education, But Where Do You Begin? The Self, of Course In order to know where to go, how far you’ll go, the nature of where you should go in order to achieve at the highest degree, you must first and foremost know thyself. To thine own self be true, yes? Therefore, you must not only know... (posted by Jeff 210 days 4 hours ago.)

7. Education Reform: What Works, What Doesn’t, and What’s Missing One of the main issues regarding education reform is the extent of what that really means. In order to understand the full thrust of the problem, one has to understand the playing field first and foremost. The term “No child left... (posted by Jeff 213 days 23 hours ago.)

8. Got Education? How to Remedy Today’s Failed American Dream (Core materials covered in my seminars and workshops) Today, 33% of all public high school students are dropping out. Of those who graduate high school, upwards of 70% desire to obtain a college degree. The majority do not. And of those who... (posted by Jeff 221 days 20 hours ago.)

9. Assistance is Critical Before That First Career and While Changing Careers Career transition assistance is critical, especially if you didn’t get it right the first time. This is not a knock on those who are looking to change careers but rather on the educational system that dispenses knowledge but rarely if... (posted by Jeff 228 days 2 hours ago.)

10. Why I Wrote The People's Constitution: Academics and Lawyers Go Elsewhere My efforts are always and forever will be focused on finding that which the most need most of the time in achieving career and life success. One of those things needed is not only an appreciation of the history and sacrifice made by our fore-... (posted by Jeff 311 days 4 hours ago.)

11. 4th of July: An Independence That Was Meant to Be Contrary to what's taught to our children--that which is left out of most American history primers--many of the Colonists were not pro-revolution. Some were pro-English or loyalists and some not sure they wanted to make the sacrifice to seek... (posted by Jeff 330 days 7 hours ago.)

12. Today's Education Requires the Student to be Proactive and Accountable for His / Her Success One of the main causes, if not the main cause for dropouts (nearly 1/3 of all public school students) is economic. Most of the students polled as to why they dropped out stated that they found classes irrelevant, meaning that current heavy... (posted by Jeff 1 year 4 days ago.)

13. Education Crisis Results in Poorly Prepared Future Workers of the World Following is a more literary form of the business proposal that I have presented to various chamber of commerce in the Los Angeles area. It is interesting to note that unlike academic theory or bureaucratic laced government-run institutions, that... (posted by Jeff 1 year 16 days ago.)

14. How to Become an Internet Rock Star Take one part intense interest in a subject near 'n dear, one part sincere, heartfelt desire to push forward and connect, and mix with a variety of social media, such as Twitter, YouTube, WordPress, Digg, FlickR, LinkedIn, BlogTalkRadio and, of... (posted by Jeff 1 year 152 days ago.)

15. Divorce, Liberalism, & Economic Realities: Why the Education Catastrophe Every 26 seconds another student drops out of public high school which translates to nearly one-third of all public high school students dropping out. It's so bad that Colon Powell and his wife are heading a national movement in an attempt to... (posted by Jeff 1 year 170 days ago.)

16. High School and College Grads: You Have Been Lied for Too Long In 2004, 89% of high school graduates planed to obtain a bachelors degree. However, less than half were able to do so. Currently, only about 28% of the population has a bachelors degree. But the bad news is that within five to ten years 70% of... (posted by Jeff 1 year 219 days ago.)

17. Nobody Reads Any More: Marketing Through Television, Radio, & Social Media Consider that the majority of the population watches more television, more YouTube videos, and more movies than any other type of entertainment. As a matter of fact of those who buy books, the majority never get past page twenty. And of those who... (posted by Jeff 1 year 273 days ago.)

18. Loss, Suffering, and Sorrow: Time for Gaining Strength and Insight So you've hit bottom. You've tried everything and worked yourself to the bone trying to make things right. But no matter what you just can't get off the ground. You're stuck. So let's talk about it because few will. There's so much talk out... (posted by Jeff 1 year 290 days ago.)

19. To Achieve One Must Suffer the Insufferable and Endure the Unendurable Thomas Jefferson lost his father when he was fourteen, his mother at thirty-three, his oldest sister at twenty-two, his wife after their sixth child, and was survived only by one child. Jefferson even states at one point that he had lost... (posted by Jeff 1 year 297 days ago.)

20. The ‘Job’ is Dead; Long Live the Parent Company of One (You!) "The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. Remember: jobs are owned by the company, you own your career!" Earl... (posted by Jeff 1 year 305 days ago.)

21. Don’t Do More Than You Need to Succeed: Your Anxiety Will Tell You When Enough is Enough We've all heard the terms of praise for the hard worker, the achiever: go getter; dynamo; spark plug; workhorse; mover and shaker; eager beaver. But as you work hard and often, how much is too much? And in doing too much, do you really gain... (posted by Jeff 1 year 312 days ago.)

22. The Power of Negative Thinking: Your Successful Attitude is Arbitrary and Fleeting Today's popular appeal in the self-improvement industry is to the power of positive thinking. As a matter of fact, Dr. Peale's book The Power of Positive Thinking , the main encourager of this phenomenon, will help you learn: How to... (posted by Jeff 1 year 319 days ago.)

23. Study Greatness to Release the Greatness in You Napoleon Hill, author of The Law of Success in 16 Lessons , believed that core principles exist that connect the great achievers. He interviewed some of the greats of his time, such as Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry... (posted by Jeff 1 year 325 days ago.)

24. Learning to Think Like Da Vinci Will Aid You in Your Career and Life In the History Channel's Da Vinci and the Code , the code has nothing to do with Dan Brown's work but refers instead to Da Vinci's work ethic, curiosity, and, most importantly, the discipline needed to keep working and moving forward, even through... (posted by Jeff 1 year 337 days ago.)

25. Got Dharma? Accept Life Roles as They Come to Achieve Greatest Success Dharma comes from the root " dhar " in Sanskrit, which means "to support, uphold, and nourish." It is the innate understanding that is there for all of us for any given circumstance. Christians call it the Holy Ghost. Donald Trump calls it "gut... (posted by Jeff 1 year 346 days ago.)