Deadly Mistakes Undergraduates Make Unknowingly

5 DEADLY MISTAKES EVERY
UNDERGRADUATE MAKE UNKNOWINGLY
BY: IRIAEVHO PRECIOUS
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Every day we come across a lot of people,
mostly young individuals with vision for a
brighter tomorrow. But when you sit with
them and ask the deeper questions as to
why they make some decisions, they seem
to have no clue to what they have done.
Analyzing the situation, I came across some
blunder that they have committed on the
long run, amongst them are five listed
below:
THINKING INSIDE THE BOX
As a statement it sounds very okay, but its
contextual meaning in the educational
terrain, seems bizarre. Most students today
do not actually know what is happening
around them, as all they seem concerned
about is classes, reading textbooks and
materials given to them by their respective
lecturers… so in the long run, they get
good grades and they are promoted to the
next level. Does it actually end there?
Many have forgotten that school is just an
eye opener to what the real world offers.
That is why today we have graduates with
1st class and 2nd class with no specific skill
and they complain of not been employed,
when they cannot even open MSWORD with
a mouse or even shutdown a computer.
They would go ahead to blame the witches
of their mother’s and father’s land for
every misfortune when in the real sense
they cannot even hold down a steady
conversation on topics like sports, politics,
music, books… think outside the box and
see what the real world has got to offer.
“School will only sharpen you but your
skills will decorate you”
LEARNING TO WRITE A Curriculum Vitae
MENTALITY
Knowing the entails of writing a very good
CV is not a bad idea in its own sense. But
have you asked yourself what life will be
like without writing a CV? Or is it a bad idea
to have people submitting to you as against
you submitting yours and putting your fate
and destiny in another person hands, when
sometimes they would not even look
through it, is that not touching?.
I believe writing a CV in the long run will
condition your mind that you have to be
employed by a person which is not a bad
idea in its self, but the truth is you will
never get a better shot at life. But not
putting all your effort into writing a CV, will
open a window of opportunity because
then your thinking is not caged and thus,
while you think of a person employing you,
you can also think of creating employment
and employing others, a win-win situation
right?.
But come to think of it, the wealthiest and
influential people in the world today never
sat down to write a CV (In doubt? Google is
your friend). So friend, instead use that
paper as a drawing board and sketch the
structure of a perfect business plan with
the little you have and see your little efforts
become positively viral.
“Do not waste time thinking on how to
write a killer and enticing CV, instead
waste that time in thinking how you can
make your life better even with your
little resources.”
SELF PITY AND REGRETS
The duos are perfect dream assassins. Do
not ever plunge into their arms. For
nothing should you regret where you find
yourself, what course you are studying… or
pity yourself for nothing, because if you do,
you will never make it in life.
Do not sit and compare yourself to your
neighbors who are studying engineering,
medicine, law or what have you, for they do
not guarantee life security. Your security
comes from within, so please overlook the
bandwagon that scorn your course of study
and focus on building a niche for yourself
in any sector that you find yourself.
Look deep and realize what it is you love
doing most and then go ahead to integrate
it with what you are doing now and if you
do not make it in life, doubt my credibility.
Life and wealth is up for grabs to those
that are daring, so let others waste their
time in laughter while it actually becomes
your driving force and motivator.
“Please do not seek admission every
year, but learn a new skill every year”
WRONG COMPANY
You want to be a success, please do not be
found in the wrong side of town.
If you should have friends, I recommend
people who are better and well
experienced than you or you can look for
people who are on the same wavelength
with you, be it in aspirations and driving
factors.
Friends can so influence you that I can say
categorically that sometimes whatever you
become is directly an impact from the
actions of the friend you keep. Show me
your friend and I will tell who you are.
Do not mingle with loafers, cultist, jesters,
party captains and lords, smokers and
sniffers… or else by now I think you should
know that your life is taking a headlong fall
into the ocean of destruction.
In short, anyone that cannot add to your
life in any way (physically, spiritually,
morally, technically…) should be
BLACKLISTED. There should be no room for
complacency, because the road is far ahead
and any extra baggage should be dropped.
“The more friends you have, the more
fun you will have. The fewer friend you
have, the fewer your problems!”
NO PLAN
This is the deadliest of all mistakes,
because if you have not set any plans for
tomorrow, brother, this is a free ride to
failure, no hidden charges.
We all join the rat race to higher
institutions and after that what’s next? We
get hooked up in life’s traffic jam!
The main reason you will fail is when you
do not even have a plan, so study medicine
or guidance and counseling, but without
plans, you are NOTHING!
Learn to set goals and plan on how to
achieve them. Set task and work towards
them. Do not ever think that your parents
will always be there to pay your bills or feel
you will always get free food and rides.
That’s a big fantasy, wake up!
Make achievable plans and set structures to
meet them, it might take weeks or months,
but what matters is that you are working
towards something, unlike others who are
working towards nothing.
“He who fails to plan, has definitely
planned to fail”
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