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A Note About the Free PDF
Welcome to the free PDF edition of
Better Than College
!Before you dive in, please read this short note.
Better Than College
is available as a paperback ande-book. If you like the book, I hope that you’ll buy a copy.I created this free PDF edition because I wanted to see
Better Than College
’s message spread far and wide, and aPDF was the fastest way to do that. I also didn’t want youngpeople—those for whom the book is primarily written—toskip reading it due to a lack of funds.I encourage you to share this PDF with your friends,family, and especially the teenagers and college students inyour life. Each time you do this, please help me by:
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or telling two people (in real life) about the bookwho wouldn’t have otherwise heard of it.By making little exchanges like this, you and I will helpbuild a world that supports writers while also offering freeaccess to their work.Thank you, and enjoy
Better Than College
. —Blake
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praise for
Better Than College
“Before you spend four years in college, devote four hours tohearing what Blake has to say.”
—Seth Godin, author of
Stop Stealing Dreams
“Higher education in America is on the brink of disruption. Asprices rise and relevance declines, a chorus of voices is urgingus to rethink college as we know it. And few of those voices areclearer or more compelling than Blake Boles.
Better Than Col-lege
is a clarion call for independent thinkers and self-directedyoung people to take control of their learning. Bypassing collegemay not be the right move for everyone, but reading this bookwill help anyone think anew about education and the future.”
—Daniel H. Pink, author of
Drive
and
A Whole New Mind
“The possibilities for success without college are rich and glo-rious—and potentially so confusing in their vastness as to becrippling. Blake Boles offers a clear and compelling roadmap:grounded in real-life examples and insightful analysis, loftedby a wide and exuberant sense of what life can become.
Better Than College
is perfectly tailored for its intended audience— youth on the threshold of adulthood. It will also, however, bea wonderful resource for adults who yearn to bring their workinto alignment with their passions, and for families who wanttheir children to grow toward successful and joyful careers.”
—Grace Llewellyn, author of
The Teenage Liberation Handbook
“A brilliant and important proposal. The unquestioned collegepath deserves to be challenged, and this is the right book to doit.”
—Derek Sivers, founder of CD Baby,sivers.org