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Dan Sheeks is the Author of First to a Million: A Teenager's Guide to Achieving Early Financial Independence and the founder of SheeksFreaks: a community of young entrepreneurs and early FI seekers. Dan has also been teaching high school business classes for 19 years. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. If you are a young person, or a parent of a young person. Flip the script on the status quo. If a person is going to go on college, community colleges are a great option. Do an internship or apprenticeship that won’t put them in tens of thousands of dollars in debt. 2. The system is setup where if a high school student wants to pursue high level of education, they’re going to be much more attractive to colleges and universities if they have a high level math and science classes. 3. It’s difficult to know what you want to do for, potentially, 40 years of your life when you’re 18 years old, and to pick a major that you’re not going to be interested in for decades. Cheek out Dan's website and join a community of like-minded pe