Degrees in Education are not Necessary for Success in Life.

  Most of us want to be successful, yet the term success itself can be a problematic simply because each one of us has his or her own interpretation of what success is. Some argue that people with university degrees are more likely to become successful persons in the future, while others claimed that though the fact of being a person without  university or college degrees that will not prevent you from being a successful person. As an example : Michael Dell who was the founder of  Dell computers company, he was born in Texas, he attended university but drop out, his passion for technology lead him to establish one of the most well-known company in computers manufacturing domain, with a personal fortune of $20 billion. So the question that we must raise here , is university degree of immense importance for any one who wants to be successful ?

My definition to success is the state where a person accomplishes the things he or she aimed for. As well as when a person keeps thinking in a positive manner , works hard , and stays well determined while struggling to fulfill his or her dreams. For that , I say that university degree is not the only factor that determines whether a person is going to be successful or not, it is just an advantage for the person who possesses it, what counts more is the attitudes, intentions, and the way the person deals with life’s challenges.

Back again to those who support the idea that success is connected to the university degrees, I remember when we were kids our parents used to tell us you must succeed in your studies and once you get your university degrees you would be able to have a good job. But during  my life, the stories I heard and people I saw growing with me, I realized that university degrees are not that important, one has to find something that he or she is fond of and start doing it.

Truth be told university degrees can be useful in some cases, those people with university degree have great potential to have a more comfortable career, furthermore, educated people have more chances to be successful in their careers over time, they are likely to get promoted for instance, starting as a simple worker within a particular company and end up as a CEO. Yet recent studies that have been done in this concern have shown that : 12.4% of graduates were unemployed and more than half 55.9% were underemployed – which means occupying jobs that do not entail a university degree. That is to say educated people started to have difficulties to find a job that fits their profile, so they tend to work  in any kind of job given to them as long as they are hired by a company. One more thing, if university degrees are not the key to success so what counts ? It is as simple as the personal traits:  having positive attitudes, good intentions, determination and hard work. A university degree alone without those personal qualities, it will not lead you anywhere.

I must confess that the role that a university degree fulfills is great and shouldn’t  be denied that it helps people to learn a lot stuff and skills, yet it is not crucial for success. The point that I am trying to make here is that a person with a university degree does not make out of him a successful person, meanwhile those without a university degree should not be called  failures.

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Talent versus Hard work

Some argue that to be talented is good enough while others claim that hard work and determination is the key to achieve success. Talent is an innate capacity that needs to develop through practice. Therefore to be talented doesn’t mean to sit all day long on the couch waiting for better results to present themselves that will not happen, in this case talent is useless. So as to avoid wasting your talents you need motivation and here where “Hard work” takes place, one needs to put his/her own talent into practice for instance in order for a writer or a singer to shine in his/her own domain and make a name for himself/herself, he/she needs to work harder and practice more and more, though the fact that he/she is that talented.

 As you can see that talent without hard work is a waste, that is to say that both talent and hard work count, thus, they must go hand in hand.

And since I am a deep thinker and always in my mind; I brought to you this delicate issue to engage you with me to help make your minds work as well, so what do you think counts more “ Talent” or “Hard work” ?

To help get the picture clearer for you, here is a great example of our times, the best

soccer player of the 21^th century Cristiano Ronaldo; I have watched a documentary about him in which he stated that all the success he achieved today was a result of ton of efforts, struggle, hard work and determination, and it has nothing to do with talent. Accordingly success will not come out of nothing, or by saying I am talented I have not to spend much time preparing I can handle it easily, as an illustration to this, those smart genius students who see their classmates study for 12 hours to get a nice mark while they have to study only for two hours and it is done, in the long run, this will not lead you anywhere, you might get worse by not working on your talent, thus it is necessary to devote a lot of time and hard work to make it happen. And going back again to soccer field so many talented players missed the chance to enter the history and to be recognized by not putting their talents into practice, and hard work.

Hence the magical formula that truly works is when you put your talent and the hard work together.

Below I will site some steps that you may need to follow in order to combine between your talent and hard work:

    ü Find out what your talent is: we all know that every human-being got something unique so you may find yourself having pleasure doing some activities over others. Some prefer art others choose sport and the list goes on.. Your main goal in this step is to find what you are good at, bear in mind that it is never too late, seek and you will find.

  ü Choose your path :  once your know what your talent is now it is the time to decided what     are you going to do with it and what your ultimate goal is ?

    ü Make progress: enough thinking and orchestrating it is the time to make progress, one move each day with having a clear vision of the goal you are aiming for will lead to where you destined to be.

     ü And finally stick to hard work: never let disappointment and fear creep into your heart and mind, keep working harder no matter what takes, at the end you will see the light, blessings and opportunities.

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Unemployment Stress and Ways to handle it

Nowadays, being unemployed (jobless) is one of the most difficult problems , that the educated segment  of the society suffers most from, mainly after having getting their college graduation and diplomas.  Therefore being aware of how to cope with it becomes a necessity.  The motive behind writing this humble article is to shed light on some of the outcomes of being unemployed or without a job.  The good news is that I am not going only to list those consequences but also try to provide you with some substitutions that would help you to get out the most out of being unemployed. It is very crucial to say that we must avoid to look at this experience as a source of evil and troubles, on the contrary it can be a great chance to re-evaluate , map-out , and ask ourselves what we truly want out of life. Therefore I think by developing this kind of thinking we would be able to benefit the most from this period of recession. Now some of the problems that escort being unemployed :

• Fall prey for negativity and negative thinking.

• Second being depressed, stressed and sad.

• Third, lack of organization and lack of control of one’s lif.

Remember that when one door closes another opens, so I am inviting my readers and everyone who is reading this right now, to stay optimistic about the future, and bear in mind that everything we go through now is preparing us for what we asked for. Being optimistic helps to look at the bright sides of any event and situation, and always hope for the best to come. Here are some few tips that truly worked with me:

• Set for yourself goals that are achievable, and try to develop a plan in which you list the steps that you are going to follow to reach them: It is a good thing to have goals, they give us the sense of direction and focus, yet the problem is that a lot of people don’t act on their goals and in here the goals turn to be as fantasies, “Goals are something you are acting on. Dreams are something you are just thinking about “, so to sum up, acting on your goals is of immense importance

• Try to learn new skills for instance, computing, looking for free courses on-line, and reading books: Learning new stuff can be very useful; it broadens your knowledge and keeps you up-to date.

• Pay more attention to your health and this can be through  practicing sport regularly, eating healthy food , and sleeping well :  excersing helps to release “Endorphins“ and “Serotonin“ which make you feel good about yourself and even more happy, the research show that people who exercise three times per week suffer less from anxiety and stress.  In addition the very fact of eating clean and healthy food improves your mental health, for instance when you don’t eat well you feel a bit dizzy, tired and your head starts to hurt. So eat well and clean. As a conclusion is very important to pay attention to all these components because they are interrelated, one depends on the other.

Note: This modest contribution was inspired by a personal experience that of mine, I myself suffered at the very beginning.  Actually I have passed through three main phases: 1-initial shock, 2-stressed over things that are out of my control, And finally 3- adjustment in other words, I started to reconcile and deal with the situation in a positive manner, instead of focusing on the dark sides I have decided to look for the bright sides and always expecting the best!

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