The Forgotten Chapter: Learning to Get Work Done Through Others
For centuries, the education system was designed to produce employees, not leaders. It trained young people to memorize, to follow rules, and to work with their own hands — not to build teams or inspire others. But when we look at the people who earn the most in this world, we see a completely different story.
Take the example of Chris Kempczinski, the CEO of McDonald’s. He has the same 24 hours in a day as any one of us. Yet he earns more than 5,376 crores rupees a year (around 19 million U.S. dollars). Is he flipping burgers in the kitchen? No. He is not making fries, yet he is ensuring that millions of fries are made every single day across the globe.
Or consider the CEO of Starbucks. He is not behind the counter making cappuccinos. Yet his annual compensation also runs into thousands of crores of rupees.
The CEO of T-Mobile USA made more than 841 crores rupees in one year, while his base salary alone was about 51 crores rupees. That is a massive gap. Why?
Because the rare skill of getting work done through other people is what creates wealth. It is not about how hard you personally work. It is about how well you can lead, coordinate, and multiply results through others. And people who can do this have very little competition. That rarity is exactly what makes their salaries so high.
Now think back to your own school days. Did you ever study a subject called “How to Get Work Done from Other People”? Of course not. Schools taught us to compete, not to collaborate. They taught us to sit silently, memorize facts, and reproduce them in exams. And if you ever tried to get help from a classmate, they called it cheating.
But in the real world, that very thing — collaboration — is the most important skill. Humans became the most advanced species not because we worked the hardest alone, but because we worked together. Collaboration is our true superpower.
At Rehan School, we are bringing back the forgotten chapter. Here, every student must get some of their tasks done through other students. And every student must also do work for others. What traditional schools call cheating, we call collaboration.
Because the leaders of tomorrow will not be those who simply know the most facts, or those who work the hardest with their own hands. They will be the ones who can form teams, inspire people, and get things done through the efforts of many.
That is the most important chapter in education. And at Rehan School, we make sure our students study it every single day.
The Forgotten Chapter: Learning to Get Work Done Through Others
For centuries, the education system was designed to produce employees, not leaders. It trained young people to memorize, to follow rules, and to work with their own hands — not to build teams or inspire others. But when we look at the people who earn the most in this world, we see a completely different story.
Take the example of Chris Kempczinski, the CEO of McDonald’s. He has the same 24 hours in a day as any one of us. Yet he earns more than 5,376 crores rupees a year (around 19 million U.S. dollars). Is he flipping burgers in the kitchen? No. He is not making fries, yet he is ensuring that millions of fries are made every single day across the globe.
Or consider the CEO of Starbucks. He is not behind the counter making cappuccinos. Yet his annual compensation also runs into thousands of crores of rupees.
The CEO of T-Mobile USA made more than 841 crores rupees in one year, while his base salary alone was about 51 crores rupees. That is a massive gap. Why?
Because the rare skill of getting work done through other people is what creates wealth. It is not about how hard you personally work. It is about how well you can lead, coordinate, and multiply results through others. And people who can do this have very little competition. That rarity is exactly what makes their salaries so high.
Now think back to your own school days. Did you ever study a subject called “How to Get Work Done from Other People”? Of course not. Schools taught us to compete, not to collaborate. They taught us to sit silently, memorize facts, and reproduce them in exams. And if you ever tried to get help from a classmate, they called it cheating.
But in the real world, that very thing — collaboration — is the most important skill. Humans became the most advanced species not because we worked the hardest alone, but because we worked together. Collaboration is our true superpower.
At Rehan School, we are bringing back the forgotten chapter. Here, every student must get some of their tasks done through other students. And every student must also do work for others. What traditional schools call cheating, we call collaboration.
Because the leaders of tomorrow will not be those who simply know the most facts, or those who work the hardest with their own hands. They will be the ones who can form teams, inspire people, and get things done through the efforts of many.
That is the most important chapter in education. And at Rehan School, we make sure our students study it every single day.
