4 STRATEGIES HBCU STUDENTS CAN LEVERAGE TO DEVELOP A “MILLIONAIRE MINDSET” WHILE IN COLLEGE
Rob “Coach YB” Youngblood
I Inspire Individuals To Elevate Their Clarity, Confidence, Communication Skills, Career Opportunities and Currency Through My Books, Coaching, Consulting & Speaking Engagements | LinkedIn Coach | Top Networking Speaker
There has been much mention lately about?the future of HBCUs, expanding on facts about what needs to happen in order to remain competitive in this global landscape. There is even some debate pertaining to whether Higher-Education is even necessary; considering the plethora of free college courses on the internet. A new era of the “Black College” experience is at hand and you have been chosen to lead this new HBCU movement. Your journey begins with developing a mindset that will carry you through the next 4-5 years of your life and beyond. Here are four strategies that will prepare you for the challenges that lie ahead.
1. Network
There is no secret that networking is the mainstay of the American culture in this social media driven society. But, unless you have the capacity to organize your network into meaningful relationships it means nothing to have a list of 5000 friends per se “Facebook” [or 10,000 Instagram/TikTok followers]. Understand that you’ve got to know people in the industry in which you want to work with and begin building rapport now. Get out of your bubble and start networking off campus and around the world via “LinkedIn”.
2. Become a “Specialist” in your chosen field
The time starts now to begin assessing how you can set yourself apart from the thousands of others students all around the world; who will get a college degree within the same field you have chosen. What this means is that you have to find a niche within your field and master it right now. You don’t have time to wait until graduation to consider your future. Napoleon Hill famed author of Think & Grow Rich quoted “Successful men, in all callings never stop acquiring specialized knowledge related to their major purpose, business, or profession".
3. Read “The Wealth Choice” by Dr. Dennis Kimbro
The Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires?offers massive amounts of stellar wisdom and surprising advice about climbing the economic ladder, even when the odds seem stacked against you. One of the most important fundamental steps in developing a “Millionaire Mindset” is the ability to learn from other individuals who are where you would like to be someday. In the business world we call this?modeling?which places emphasis on the fact that you may not have to totally reinvent the wheel. If you haven’t met Dr. Dennis Kimbro then now is the time to follow his writings, teachings, video’s and speaking engagements on?Dr. Dennis Kimbro’s website.
4. Stay Persistent
Vincent Lombardi once stated that "Winners never quit and quitters never win." You have to persist in order to make it through the rough patches of life and that’s what developing a “millionaire mindset” represents. In order to overcome any obstacles that life throws in your path you must develop a mindset that automatically triggers a “failure is not an option” mechanism. You have come too far to give up now and the times are calling for individuals who will persist towards their desired future reality no matter what the cost. Too often students start to feel a little pinch in an area of their lives while they are in college; and begin to find ways to retreat instead of developing a strategy to move forward. Here are 3 powerful concepts you can utilize to stay persistent on your journey….
Do you have a millionaire mindset?
[NOTE: This article is repurposed and shared with permission from the author - Tyrone Brackens, MBA and was originally found on HBCULifestyle.com]
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About Tyrone Brackens, MBA
Tyrone Brackens is a Mentor and Social Entrepreneur. He is the Founder of DSLAB Technologies, Inc (Center for the Development of Social Learning & Advanced Breakthroughs) which is a Community Development initiative; where HBCU (Historically Black College’s & University) students can be trained and mentored in the fine arts of “Entrepreneurship, Wealth Creation, & Philanthropy". You can follow him at HBCUEnlightened (Pintrest, Twitter & Facebook), on his blog at www.hbcuenlightened.wordpress.com or email him at [email protected].
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1 年This is a great way to encourage young people to grow in their particular passions.
Executive Producer/Host of Dr. Davina’s Dots Radio Show/ Published Author/Versatile Voiceover Artist/ CEO of Design Doc LLC/Human and Social Services Change Agent, TEFL certified Educator
3 年Excellent recommendations Rob! I would add the classroom does not always give you hands on experience, so you must take each and every lesson and make it personal. Put the skills you learn in the classroom to use. The technical skills as well as the soft skills you learn and observe. Use your classroom experience to develop your own growth plan. Dig deeper into the areas that spark a fire in you. Ask yourself questions about the things that intrigue you, confuse you, and frustrate you and you will begin to learn what you are passionate about and how you can use your education to contribute to social change. Realize that the classroom is the information someone else wants you to learn and you must take time to develop your own learning and growth plan so that you have a well rounded learning experience.