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7 Reason Why Degree Holders Are Poor by Collins2028(m): 4:31am On Aug 19, 2020 |
7 REASONS WHY DEGREE HOLDERS ARE
POOR?
1. THEY DON’T THINK BEYOND THEIR
CERTIFICATES.
Albert Einstein said, “Education is not
the learning of facts, but the training
of the mind to think.” Have you ever
heard creativity term “Think outside
the box”? One of the major reasons
why most graduates are poor is simply
because they can’t see and think
beyond their certificates.
I have seen engineering students
work as bankers. I have seen medical
doctors with great skills in web and
graphic designs. I have seen lawyers
that are very dexterous with finances.
The list is endless!
The basic truth of life is that the skills
that are needed to be much sought
after and become more successful in
life are not really found within the
walls of the classrooms. Your
certificate is just a proof that you are
teachable, it does not suggest what
you are totally capable of doing. You
are full of possibilities when you think
beyond your degrees and certificates.
2. THEY PRIORITIZE THEIR CERTIFICATES
MORE THAN THEIR GIFTS AND TALENTS.
I have often advised some of my
colleagues, never to leave their gifts
dormant while pursuing and hunting
for jobs with their certificates. There
must be a complementary balance in
the pursuit of your passion and in the
search for jobs.
Everybody is gifted for something, but
the winning edge comes from our
ability to work on our gifts and bless
the world with it. The very best way
to develop yourself is in the direction
of your natural talents and interest. In
order to live a fulfilled and impactful
life, we need to work harder on our
gift than our job. We need to discover
our gift, develop it, and sell it. Don’t
bury your TALENT with your
certificates.
3. THEIR CERTIFICATES PREPARE THEM
FOR A WORLD THAT NO LONGER EXIST.
It has been found that most of the
skills taught in schools are becoming
obsolete in the present world. The
world has changed a lot, and so are
people’s need! It is imperative to
know that the present form of
university education does not prepare
students for the future.
Graduates are becoming endangered
species in the face of a changing
world. Our archaic methods and
approaches of learning are preparing
graduates for a world that no longer
exist, as we are churning out degree
holders every year with certificates
that have face value but no intrinsic
worth. Most learning institutions are
filled up with lecturers and pseudo-
educators with lecture notes, methods
and approaches that have lost
relevance in a changing world.
4. THEY KNOW LESS ABOUT THEMSELVES
BUT MORE ABOUT THINGS.
Certificates and degrees don’t reveal
people to themselves; they at most
measure our IQ (Intelligent Quotient).
I have often tell people that there is
no Recovery without Discovery. A poor
man is simply someone that has not
discovered himself.
The more you discover yourself, the
more you realize the treasures that
are hidden deep within you. We carry
inside ourselves latent treasures that
can only be unveiled through self-
discovery.
5. CERTIFICATES AND DEGREES CAN KILL
INITIATIVES.
Degrees and certificates can close up
your minds to ideas while initiatives
open it up. If you are not careful, your
degrees and certificates can close up
your mind. The purpose of education
is to keep your mind perpetually
opened towards limitless possibilities!
Fred Smith saw an opportunity for
overnight delivery of anything
anywhere in the USA, and ultra- fast
delivery anywhere in the world, FedEx
was born. It will be interesting to
know that Fred Smith got a grade
“C” in a Yale economics class for an
idea that the professor belittled as
unworkable.
Fred Smith’s company became the
first American business to make over
ten billion dollars in annual profit.
Beginning with just 186 packages
delivered the first night, FedEx now
delivers in over two hundred countries
using over 6,030 aircraft, 46,000
vehicles and 141,000 employees.
6. DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES POSITION
YOU TO LOOK FOR JOBS AND NOT FOR
OPPORTUNITIES.
Our certi
ficates and degrees prepare graduates
to look for jobs and not open our eyes
to life-changing opportunities. You are
not poor because you don’t have a
job; you are poor because you are not
seeing and seizing opportunities.
Being POOR is simply Passing Over
Opportunities Repeatedly! What keeps
people ahead in life is not their
education or degrees, it is simply the
opportunity that they seized. Jobs
may be scarce but not opportunities.
As long as there is a problem to be
solved, there will always be
opportunities. It is a waste of our
education, exposure, and experiences
if after we graduate from school, all
we think about is searching for a job.
An enlightened and educated mind
should be able to see and seize
opportunities.
7. CERTIFICATES AND DEGREES PREPARE
PEOPLE TO LOOK FOR SECURITY AND NOT
TO TAKE RISKS.
We must be willing to make mistakes
and take breakthrough risks. Taking
risks and learning from mistakes help
us in knowing what works and what
does not! When Thomas Edison was
being questioned by a mischievous
journalist on how he felt for having
failed for 999 times before getting the
idea of the light bulb, his response
stunned the whole world when he
confidently said, “I have not failed
999 times, I have only learned 999
ways of how not to make a light
bulb”.
Many graduates and degree holders
are becoming progressively poor
because the skills required in the
modern world to get rich are not
taught in schools and institutions.
By 2025, we’ll lose over five million
jobs to automation. This means that
future jobs will look vastly different
by the time many people graduate
from the university.
*Future jobs will involve KNOWLEDGE
PRODUCTION/CREATION* and
innovation, and people that are only
equipped with skills found in the
classroom will definitely be a misfit in
an ever-changing world. Skills like
critical thinking, creativity, people’s
skill, STEM skills (e.g Coding), complex
problem-solving skills etc. are central
to living a more comprehensive and
productive life.
*8 THEREFORE,* in conclusion, My
humble and candid advice to
graduates and students in institutions
is to think wide, deep and outside the
box. Take volunteer jobs, and don’t
be afraid to navigate fields that are
different from your field of learning.
Your future career will require you to
pull information from many different
fields to come up with creative
solutions to future problems.
Start by reading as much as you can
about anything and everything that
interests you. Once you get to college,
consider double majoring or minoring
in completely different fields. Trust
me, it’ll pay off in the long run.
Don’t limit yourself to the
classroom. Do something practical.
Take a leadership position. Start a
business and fail; that’s a better
entrepreneurship. Contest an election
and lose. It will teach you something
political science will not teach you.
Attend a seminar. Read books outside
the scope of your course.
Think less of becoming an excellent
student, but think more of becoming
an excellent person. Don’t make the
classroom your world, but make the
world your classroom. Step forward
and try something extra.
Invest in something you believe! Real
financial security and freedom is not
in your job, but in your passion, gifts,
talents, and your ability to see and
seize opportunities.
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Re: 7 Reason Why Degree Holders Are Poor by proffmykey(m): 5:01am On Aug 19, 2020 |
Nice piece |
Re: 7 Reason Why Degree Holders Are Poor by Nobody: 6:56am On Aug 19, 2020 |
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