Shadow cast by College Bubble

Again I tumbled upon this link talking about the cost of education today in US. If you have spare money do buy the book. It is a informal write up, more a like brain dump by a person who knows what he is talking about. I agree on some of his points. To beat the bubble the way he outlines requires imho :

1. A backbone and pair of balls to take risk.
2. Know what you want.
   
3. Ability to think and plan far ahead.
4. To be street smart and know how the system works.
   
5. Support from parents or the ability to be your master.

Read the book and come to your conclusion, but I expect majority of the reaction to be "But it is not so easy as you say it is....... ".

If anyone has a success story of how you built your life the non-traditional way and not be affected by the rat race, share away, it would nice to how you did it.

This also reminds me about the book, Rich Dad and Poor Dad. I tend to take most of these kind of books with ton load of salt about results that one can get. They offer good food for thought though and a chance to reflect how one is doing things.