Is College really that Important?
It seems lately that a lot of people are pre-occupied with this notion that in order to be successful, you need a college/university degree. While I will admit that having post-secondary education does help your chances of finding employment, it’s not a 100% guarantee. If you do have the option/opportunity to get a college/university education, then I strongly recommend you take it. You could take the *easier* route by making your income at home via Blogging/EBay/Adsense. However the online market is a very unpredictable thing and it’s always good to have more options in case things turn sour.
While blogging can be a very lucrative source of income. It’s not a guaranteed thing. For example: Your site could go down, your internet could go down and you would be unable to edit your pages, or maybe your web site just doesn’t generate enough traffic to generate a good enough income, etc. The fact is, online marketing is not an exact science, no matter what the ‘pros’ tell you, in my experience, blogging takes a lot of work, time, and patience. But for it to be a gold mine to the point it allows you to work at home… well not many can do that. But it is possible nonetheless if you really know what you’re doing.
Now for anyone who is new to blogging, I don’t want to discourage you; all I want to communicate to everyone out there is that online marketing takes a lot of time and practice. It could take anywhere from 1-3 years till you start seeing any real money from it. Unless you cheat the system and somehow attract 1,000,000+ visitors in your 5th month, digg anyone?
Now back to the topic: is College that important? Yes! While working at home may be attractive and overall just better than working in a regular job, it’s not realistic since very few can actually pull it off as it is. So working at home is possible, but basically what I am saying is, have a backup plan. Don’t throw all your opportunities away on one thing that might not even work out to begin with. Always have a backup plan. Of course, success does involve taking risks, but make sure that the risks you are taking are reasonable and at least realistic.
‘Can you make money without college? Yes. Is it smart to abandon college completely and try to cheat your way through? Definitely not. My advice to new net entrepreneurs is this: Take your time, don’t throw it all away on a very competitive dream, go to college, if you can, and take your best shot at the online marketing and see how it goes from there.
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Cold Turkey Method vs. Gradual Change
Lately I keep hearing about people that are trying to quit smoking, and how they are failing. It usually goes like this:
Person A: I need to quit smoking.
Person B: Yeah you spend what, like $2000-$4000 a year on smokes?
Person A: More like $6000+…
The theme of this topic is about whether you should go with a cold turkey method of changing something, vs gradually changing one thing at a time on a daily basis, however I will use quitting smoking as an example. Now smokers don’t have it so easy. They stink up their breath, increase the chance of getting cancer, acquire all sorts of health problems over a period of time, and on top of all that, they are paying for it, in the thousands!
So if you are a smoker, and you want to quit. Instead of saying I’m going to quit all at once. Try saying “I am going to quit, but it will take some time”. Now if you can go cold turkey, which is quitting all at once and never going back, then that’s great. However if you are like most smokers who cannot quit, then you are probably better off quitting slowly over time rather than all at once. So let’s say for example a smoker smokes about 10 cigarettes a day.
That smoker could start out small. Make it 9 cigarettes a day one week, and the week after that 8, etc. The changes are so small and gradual that the smoker does not have as hard a time quitting because the body is slowly adapting to the routine, that it’s almost unnoticeable. Then if that pattern kept going it could be one cigarette a week, then a month, etc. So you get the picture.
Advantages of going cold turkey:
- Results come quick.
Cons:
- Old habits may return quickly as most people have not adjusted to the life-style change yet (mentally speaking)
Advantages of gradual change:
- Habits are not as hard to break.
Cons of gradual change:
- Takes time to work.
So both methods do work, it’s just your choice as to which one works better for you. I’m personally a gradual change type of guy. Back in the day I was sick quite often. It always had to do with my stomach. I was always nauseous, had to run to the bathroom, I was afraid to leave the house in case I had to run to the toilet. So after blaming a lot of my health problems on genetics for a long time, I started being open to the possibility that it might be my lifestyle that was the problem and not my DNA.
So I started consuming yogurt, about twice a day. Started cutting down on pop. I always had a bottle of water beside me, so instead of going to the fridge for a can of soda pop, I’d take a sip or two of some healthy clean water. Well the results were amazing, within 3-4 months I felt amazing. Two years later, I feel fantastic and I don’t get sick anywhere near as much as I used to. I also got into a lot of vitamin/herbal supplements which I am sure did their part as well. I found that slowly tweaking my lifestyle on a daily basis worked for me.
So if you have a habit you would like to break, give gradual change a shot and see how it goes.
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