To Brian Tracy, luck is foreseeable. Those with good luck have a reason for it. “If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often,” he says.

Brian Tracy was born in Canada in 1944. His early life was humble and he did not seem to have the makings for success, as he was born to a poor family and dropped out of high school. He worked as a laborer, then got a job on a tramp steamer and traveled around the world, visiting and living in many diverse countries. He eventually became a salesman, which started him on his path to success and helping others achieve success.

Tracy did not begin as a great salesperson, but worked hard and copied other good salesmen and read about their techniques. Soon he was the top salesperson in his company, and in two years went into management as vice president of the company. He eventually became the CEO of a $265 million development company.

Starting as a salesperson, Tracy later became involved in real estate, advertising, the auto industry, investments, training and consulting. He went back to school and got his MBA from the University of Alberta. He then developed his first training program that would become the book Maximum Potential (1995). Read the rest of this entry »

Two years ago, President Obama announced plans to make the USA a leading country in the international education race by 2020. Many people were excited for this hope to become reality, but it seems like we might be slipping farther away from our goal.

According to a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, less Americans are completing their college education than young adults in other countries. This has made us fall from 12th to 16th place in the share of young adults (ages 25-34) who have earned a degree. The countries who are leading the race in this younger demographic are South Korea, Canada, and Japan.

Why is America slipping behind other countries in college attainment rates? There are two explanations for this. One is that more and more people are attending college in Asia and Europe than ever before. Another factor is that these foreign nations focus on education degrees that take less time to complete; instead of the four-year plans that many college in the USA follow, colleges in other countries offer many one-year or two-year degree plans.

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Neve Campbell is a Canadian actress who earned her fame in the 1990s when she co-starred in Party of Five. Her first highly popular film was The Craft, which was released in 1996. However, she really solidified her role as a famous actress when she starred in the Scream movies. Now, the fourth movie in the Scream series is about to hit theaters and Neve will be gracing the big screen again. EDUinReview will now take a look at her education background.

Neve was born on October 3, 1973 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Her parents are Marnie, a yoga instructor, and Gerry, a high school drama teacher. She has three brothers: Christian, Alex, and Damian. When Neve was two-years old, her parents divorced and she spent most of her time living with her father. When Neve was 9-years old, she started attending the National Ballet School, where she took up residence. While living and studying at the National Ballet School, Neve appeared in The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty. When she was 15, she traded her dancing career for an acting career and appeared in The Phantom of the Opera.

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Sleeping in is just for weekends, or so we thought. The editors of MacLeans, a Canadian public affairs magazine, think that high school students should be able to sleep in and have classes start at 10 a.m. The editorial reviewed students at Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute in Toronto. They are already in their second year in late-start classes.

It’s no surprise that teenagers like to sleep in, but studies show that there’s a biological reason for them not being early birds.

“It is starting to look as though a forward shift in sleep patterns is a natural accompaniment to sexual maturation—not just in humans, but in mammals generally; rats and monkeys, it seems, engage in their own version of what parents witness in their recalcitrant 16-year-olds,” the editors at MacLeans stated in a recent article.

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Ryan Reynolds was recently voted the “Sexiest Man Alive” by People magazine, but beyond his charming good looks is a quirky sense of humor and a knack for acting.

Check out this sexy celebrity‘s bio because, after all, he didn’t become the man he is today without his family, education and those early all-too-adorable acting gigs.

Education:

The Canadian actor graduated from Kitsilano Secondary School in Vancouver in 1994. Ironically, he failed one of his drama classes, but that clearly didn’t faze him. He then had a short stint at Kwantlen College, also in Vancouver, until he decided to go back to his career in acting.

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No longer is the U.S. the leader in higher education for young adults, according to a recent College Board report. The U.S. ranks 12th place in prevalence among adults ranging from ages 25 to 34 with college degrees.

Canada is in the lead for having 55.8 percent of the country’s population obtaining at least an associate’s degree. The U.S. lags behind at 40.4 percent. While the report focuses on younger adults, the U.S. ranks sixth when older adults are configured into the study.

The report also focuses on state ranking. The District of Columbia ranks highest, with a completion rate of 62.2 percent. Maryland ranks 12th at 38.6 percent, while Virginia ranks 17th, at 36.5 percent. Read the rest of this entry »

In past years, Americans have been heading up to Canada in search of cheaper prescription drugs and health care. But health care’s not the only thing that Americans are hoping to save money on by venturing north.  According to the Boston Globe, since 2001, American enrollment in Canadian universities is up 50 percent.  This is especially true in the northeast, where even public schools can cost more than $20,000 a year.

Furthermore, the number of American students heading up to Canada may well increase thanks to the declining Canadian dollar.  Although the American dollar actually was worth a little bit less than the Canadian dollar a few years ago, currently the U.S. dollar is worth about $1.20 Canadian dollars. This means more Americans heading up to Toronto for bargain vacations, and more college students looking to escape rising tuition prices in the U.S.

This sounds like a great idea to me.  There’s definitely something to be said for studying abroad, and college in Canada allows Americans to do this without straying too far from home, and for less.  But what a shame.  Can’t we afford to educate our own kids anymore?