Do you feel that college is a waste of time, and that you're not actually learning necessary skills to make it in the real world? Well, Garret Loporto, author of "The Davinici Method", would tell you that what you're experiencing is actually the key to carving out the future that you desire. He'd tell you you're better off listening to your gut feelings, or "unconscious", about how to learn and grow, than listening to what the American education system is attempting to force upon you. The current American education system was designed after the industrial revolution to encourage a linear style of thinking, as that was the skill necessary to carry out the assembly line process. However, those of us who struggle to not just survive, but thrive in this type of academic environment, are suffering from what is coined by society as "disorders", such as ADHD, addictions, general anxiety, and BPD. In order to avoid falling into these traps that society outcasts, Garret Loporto says we must learn to express our unconscious thoughts and feelings in more productive ways that will actually help us to instead transform the society in which we live today. Those that have the "DRD4" gene that is responsible for the more creative style of thinking, have the energy, and style to make positive changes in society! When the expression of these unconscious thoughts, feelings, images are productive, we turn into what he calls "the artist". We can become successful, creative, entrepreneurs, instead of suffering everyday in the classroom style environment that our more primitive brains are not comfortable in.
This book was recommended to me by a colleague of my mother's, and it has been a true inspiration. Never in my life have I not been able to put a book down because every word rang so true to me. Though I do not currently plan to drop out of college, I do only have one month left, and I can't wait to get out and explore the true gifts and talents that God has given me. If you are someone out there who is constantly trying to find "a better way", then rest assured, there is! And it is up to you to pay attention to your deep, inner feelings, not to your conscious mind, to live the life you were meant to live!
