Don't Fall Into The Trap of Society's Definition of Success

Today, May 11, 2016, mark the three year anniversary of me graduating from college, Kent State University to be exact. Let's clap it up 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😃😀

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Let's celebrate the fact that I wasted 5 years of my life, acquiring someone else's skills for survival and utilizing someone else's skills for a means of making a living. All which cost a total of $70,000 and counting. Do I utilize any of the skills I was taught at Salem International University or Kent State University? Of course not. Maybe college English from Salem. But was it worth $70,000? of course not. I was better off paying just for that class. 

Over the past three years, I've been acquiring my own skills for self-knowledge, and self-reliance. I taught myself everything I know, college taught me one thing and that's perseverance; I can do anything I put my mind to. 

A piece of paper that cost $70,000+ means nothing in a corrupt system that racially discriminate against educated colored folks especially educated men before they even sit in the chair across the desk from the recruiter. Institutional racism exists and it happens every day to minority individuals trying to make a difference. 

I'm highly successful and I don't utilize my College Background. My advice to you is, DON'T FALL IN THE TRAP. Whatever it is you want to do in life, educate yourself on the matter. We are no longer in the Industrial Age, where we need to work for someone to be successful. We are now in the Information Age, where you can find the information we need to become successful. We have libraries, books and the Internet which we can utilize to teach ourselves the skills we need to be successful in life. Save yourself the hassle of Student Loans. 

You don't need college to be successful, unless if you want a professional career such as in the field of medical, dental, law etc. All you need is your mind, your thoughts and your actions. 

- Jameel Davis