Let’s make something clear, “students think”. In
fact, students think a lot about money, drinks,
parties, opposite s*x and so on but most
importantly students think about their lives after
school, which is good.

The bad thing however is that what they think about
life after school are majorly unrealistic thoughts like,
“hey, I am finally in 100 level studying economics in
Kogi State University, and I’ll graduate in 4 years’
time, then go for service and probably do some
masters and PhD thingy then get a job and make
money”.
That’s so unrealistic that its makes WWE wrestling
more real. Its plain garbage thought you need to
start getting out of your head. This life isn’t
Hollywood, and when you’re born into one hell of a
country like Nigeria you need to wise up and start
thinking with your “brain”.
If you can take your time and look outside your
window to see millions of graduates roaming about
the streets you’ll probably understand that it’s not as
easy as you think it is, if it was that easy your parents
and your friends parents and all parents in Nigeria
will be multi billionaires and you may not even need
to go to school.
Life isn’t easy, and Nigeria is making life even harder
for Nigerians. The labour market is so choked up, it
will take extra power for an angel to pass through.

There is hardship in every corner of the country and
the earlier you realize these things, the better for
you.
So instead partying and smiling all around school why
don’t you sit yourself down and not only think
logically but also plan logically. These topics might get
you onto the right path:

– First and foremost you need to realize you only
have one life to live, every circumstance you find
yourself will most definitely come once, you don’t go
to primary school twice, well, except you’re going
there the second time to teach or something. My
point is, in every situation you find yourself you have
to try hard in making the best outta that situation, if
you don’t succeed, it’s okay, at least you tried.

– Ask yourself questions, like why are there few rich
people in the country, what can I do to get there,
what are my potentials, what are my weaknesses. You
have tons of questions you should start asking
yourself.

– You need to start tasking yourself. Are you too
young to make money?? I mean, there are lots of
unemployed graduates out there who still depend on
their parents. I know you don’t want to belong in that
category when you’re done with school. You need to
know what you have to do to make that money so
you do not have to depend on anybody.
God has given you a talent, why don’t you discover it
and start using it to make money now. There are tons
of things you can do as an undergraduate that can
cough out money for you, you just need to think and
plan on how to strike a balance between your
academics and what you’re doing.
It’s not how petty the job is or how little you’re
earning. It’s about knowing for a fact that you can do
something to improve your situation.
A lot of OND, HND, BSc, PhD holders are out there
(those certs are common these days), some even
have all those certs with them at the moment but
have nothing to show for it because they failed to
realize that school is not about learning on how to
work for a boss, it’s also about how to develop
yourself to being your own boss.

– You need to stop thinking about your future and
know that the future you are thinking of is “NOW”.
You have to start thinking and planning logically from
now on.

– You need to start encouraging yourself to do things
that’ll make you big. Forget where you are now, it
doesn’t matter, its where you’re going to be when it’s
all said and done that matters.
Forget the fact that you stay in Dagana or you stay in
one shady place around KSU, and your fellow mates
stay in billionaires lodge or exquisite lodge (it’s
probably not their money anyways), it doesn’t matter.
What matters is that you are formulating a plan that
will change your situation when four years is done
and dusted.

– All in all you have to think of doing only what’s
necessary to get that money, not something people
like or what they don’t like, not what brings shame to
you or doesn’t bring shame to you, you don’t have to
care what people think about you, ’cause at the end
of it all it’s you and only you that matters.

Nobody remembers the disgusting or not disgusting
things Dangote has done in the past, because it was
necessary to get him to where he is now, “the richest
man in Africa”.


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