People put forward the theory of “uselessness of education” once in a while, citing successful entrepreneurs who have not received higher education as proof, such as Steve Jobs from Apple, Bill Gates from Microsoft and Zuckerberg from Meta. However, these are only some one-in-a-million cases in society. A survey conducted in the United States found that the income of the highest educated group is six times higher than that of the high-school educated group, while another survey also suggested a positive correlation between income and wealth, further echoing the proverb “a book holds a house of gold”.

Books contain the wisdom of elders, which readers could digest the information and gain knowledge in a short period of time. Wisdom is considered the best means to transform the world as many successful people have learned from the great wisdom and achieved great things. 

Learn more from the full article (in Chinese only) written by Kenny Siu, Senior Advisor of AEC Group, published on Sing Pao on 21 March.