Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy. You might know how to read, but more importantly, what's your plan to read?
Creating Your Character is Like an Artist Creating a Sculpture
Never begrudge the money you spend on your own education.
The more you know the less you need to say.
Average people look for ways of getting away with it; successful people look for ways of getting on with it.
If you step up the self-education curve, you will come up with more answers than you can use.