Imagine meeting up with a group of your friends and deciding on a restaurant you’d all like to eat it. After a lot of discussion and going back and forth, everyone has finally decided on a joint that adequately accommodates each person’s needs, wants, cravings, and taste.

Your squad is pretty big, so the group decides to carpool in three cars. Each driver, intent that their way is the fastest way, decides to take a different route, only for everyone to arrive at precisely the same time. Sound familiar, right? Of course it does, because that’s pretty much how life works; or at least the mentality you should have.

Did you know that there is one than more path to success? Wait a minute, what does success actually mean? The definition of success can differ vastly from person to person, with some people believe success simply means landing a “a good job” — again, whatever that means — making a lot of money and living in a house in the suburbs. On the other hand, some people define success as being able to live self sufficiently and sustainably on a homestead off the grid.

The idea of having to go to college in order to be successful is an outdated one. Did you know that some of the smartest, wealthiest, and most commercially successful entrepreneurs only have a high school education or are college drop outs? That’s right! Just imagine what the world would be like if Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, decided to go the traditional route and stay in college instead of pursuing his dream of creating an intuitive personal computer?

Similarly, many people find happiness pursuing a career in manufacturing, a vital industry to both the American and global economy. After all, stuff will always have to be made!

Trade schools provide the perfect platform for those interested in pursuing a career in lucrative and highly in demand fields such as micro grinding machinery. Students pursuing a career in this field will learn all the ins and outs of the industry and become familiar with the tools of the trade such as abrasives, single side lapping machines, lapping table machines and more. Abrasives are an integral part of the micro grinding machining industry.