Matthias Scharlach 
Well then, educate us! 
The secret of successful education

‘Knowledge without education is a sword in the hands of a madman’ (D. I. Mendeleev.)

This statement is worthy of attention. But what is actually the education?
For centuries, children were abused to be the objects of politics and economy. They were trained to conform to the expectations of older and more powerful people. Their spirits were crushed, regardless of whether the society paid homage to capitalism or communism.
Today’s reality is no different from the past: the powerful educates the powerless, the permissiveness prevails nowadays, there is the education of ‘letting everything happen’ as the result of ‘liberation from the apparatuses of power’ and many other things.
Systems are still afraid to create people who are confident, creative and determined to implement new ideas and gradually change the world, and therefore the system. But these are the kinds of people we need to meet the challenges of the future.
Modern education is not an academic experiment on a subject; it must begin with a question, how the adolescents tick according to their age, what are their needs, hopes and wishes?
We need people, who enjoy learning, finding and solving problems, creative weirdo, who learn to master confidently what they need in life. It is no longer a matter of pouring knowledge into somebody´s head, but of understanding and being able to apply the right knowledge in the right place in its context and its effect. This requires a new approach to education, based not just on educating parents and teachers, but on smart, experienced and above all reliable companions for teenagers.
In this book you can read about what education was, is and can be.

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Matthias Scharlach was born in Germany in 1950 and spent his childhood and adolescence there. After finishing school and completing a locksmith’s apprenticeship, he studied to become a certified teacher of mathematics and physics, worked as a teacher, and then focused on researching personality psychology. He spent several years as a university lecturer, wrote doctoral theses, and had work published both within Germany and abroad. In 1989, he became a professor, and founded a university institute for educational sciences. The emergence of personality tests and assessments saw him move fields, at the age of 41, from the university sphere to the free economy, where he has since been running seminars on management training, change management, the development of personal core competencies, and career planning. He fell into prose unintentionally through his various encounters and stimulating discussions with different political, business and cultural figures. His aphorisms are thus smile-inducing ‘distillates’ from his observations of human behavior in decision-making and challenging situations. They invite readers to reflect and improve. Designed as a smart giveaway, his ‘Enjoy Your Business’ booklet features a collection of sayings on the manifestations of those ‘all-too-human’ things. His life philosophy is ‘Do things with enthusiasm and commitment, or don’t do them at all!’. Matthias Scharlach is happily married with two sons. He loves good food in a stylish setting, but can just as easily spend a couple of weeks slumming it in the wilderness. He is constantly fascinated by foreign cultures, interesting people, adventures and the art of problem-solving. His favorite authors are Raymond Chandler and Jonas Jonasson, and his favorite painter and sculptor is Bruno Bruni. He likes the music of Dire Straits and Maurice Ravel.