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College? How About No!

Why You Do Not Need to Go to College

By Steph KCPublished 6 years ago 3 min read
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Ever since a child, have you been told that you will only be successful if you go to college and get an education? Well that might have been true for the longest time, but with how society is changing, you can be successful without putting yourself through hell of student loans.

For generations, people have been led to believe that they will only be successful if they go to college and get a degree in something, anything, it doesn't have to be something you particularly care for, as long as you go to college! Well, news flash! You can be successful without going to college, and you will not be $80k in debt. Did you know that the United States collectively owes $1.5 TRILLION in debt? Why would you want to go to school for the next four years just to come out with a degree, that may or may not be worthless, and then have to pay for it? All while only making a cozy $35-40 thousand dollars a year? Yes, some people do make 60-90k after college, but they usually do not start out there and they typically spend six to eight years in school if not more.

How would you feel if you could make this type of money without being a full-time student who owes student loans? When you think of an entrepreneur, what do you think of? Someone who started their own business? Well, that could be you, even without a college education. A third of the world's billionaires did not graduate from college or go in the first place.

If they did not go to college, what do they have in common? They were willing to take the risk to start their own business, they did not just think "oh that is a good idea," they thought it and then did something about it! If you are someone who has a good idea for a business and think it will be successful then take it to the next level. Do something about it! It is only five steps, yes FIVE, to start your own business. If you want to succeed without a college education and you have the passion to work hard to get things done, then you should look into starting your own business. It is a lot easier then you would think. The hard part is being able to do everything necessary to get things done and maybe work an 18 hour day then sleep for four hours just to wake up and work another 20 hours. Anything is possible when you set your mind and heart to it.

Take the business Strong Physiquez, a 23-year-old and her husband took a failing business that went 60k into debt and turned it around in less than 18 months. Now it is a million dollar business all because they were willing to take the risk in the first place. They were told they were going to fail because neither of them has a college degree but now, they are striving. Most People only hear about Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, or Mark Zuckerberg, but I am giving you real everyday normal people, not oh they did it but they are lucky and blah blah excuse after excuse. Anyone who has the drive can do it, like Kassi and Nathan, owners of Strong Physiquez. Anyone can do what they set there mind to, it does not matter if you have a college education.

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