Here’s a statistic that may blow your mind: among high school graduates who do not go on to college, 58 percent—more than half—never read a book again. I mean, for the rest of their lives. When I first read that figure I was shocked, but not all that surprised. It’s just one more reason the 95 percent stop paddling, slide down the failure curve, and drown in the cream. They spend their lives building someone else’s dream, not because they aren’t capable of building their own but because they never gained the knowledge they need.
