– the statement made by one of my Rapid Trait Profiling students in a recent conversation –

“Alan, I got my exam results back. A distinction and a high distinction.

And honestly, it’s messed with my head a bit.

I didn’t give it the time I should have. I wasn’t interested in what I was learning. I crammed for the exams, learned the structure of the essays, followed the pattern, and still pulled those grades off.

So now I’m sitting here thinking, what is the degree actually worth?

I can’t tell you five solid things I learned in any of those subjects.

Not five. I can tell you how to structure an essay to get a distinction. But that’s not the same thing as learning something that changes how I think or work.

And then I look at this work.

If I put those same 30 hours into profiling instead of into assignments, I’d be so much further ahead. This fits how I operate. I already work at the level of pattern in people. This just adds another layer to it. It sharpens it.

I’m in conversations all the time now. I want to profile everyone. I’m noticing things and testing them and I’m seeing reactions. It’s alive.

University feels like I’m learning how to pass. This feels like I’m learning how to see.

I don’t enjoy the degree. I don’t look forward to it. It doesn’t align with how I work or what I believe in. And now that they’ve stretched it out to another two full years, I’m questioning whether I even have it in me to keep doing something that feels so disconnected.

If I’m honest, I would seek out someone with mastery before I ever cared about their degree. Mastery matters more to me than a piece of paper and other people’s perceptions of it.

That’s where I’m at. I’m really weighing up whether I keep chasing something for the credential, or double down on something that’s actually building real skill.”

And what degree are they doing – a Psychology degree. But as my student said, University just feels like learning to pass while Rapid Trait Profiling is learning to see.

Seek out Mastery before a Degree!