WHAT TO DO AFTER COLLEGE

- I'm scared. I'm super scared. I'm scared because I know exactly what happens this month every year. Every year. For the rest of time or actually not the rest of time hopefully this will end soon but I'm scared, I'm scared because I know that there are so many of you that graduate this month and have no fucking idea what you want to do. And that's okay. Most people don't. We should not be stressed about that. I'm actually not scared about that. I'm scared that you don't realize that you're entering the greatest five-year window of your life. If you are 22 years old and graduating from college, shit if you're 22 years old and not graduating from college, if you are 22 years old you are entering, first of all, some of the greatest years of your life, A, but B, this is the moment, watch this video twice. If momma's watching this, send this to your daughter Sally right now because you have to understand this next five-year window is when you don't go practical and safe. This is not the time to get the job mom wanted you to. This is not the time to try to maximize as much money so you can buy a fat whip. This is a time to realize that you have a five-year window and it's three for some it's eight for others but this is a five-year window for you to attack the life that you want to win not because it's "The Secret" or 'cause the world's so Zen 'cause it's fucking hard as shit out there. As a matter of fact, I'm probably more scared of than your naïveté to hard it is. Class is easy. What you been doing for the last 16 years is easy. It's a fucking bullshit game. It's structured, it's easy. The world, this thing. This thing is hard. However that contradicts what I'm going to tell you right now which is this is the best and easiest five years of your life because this is when you need to attack what you love and what you want to. Here's why. You don't have all the baggage. You may have college loans, respect it's hard as shit. You may have the expectations of your parents. Mentally hard, fake hard. You may have a lot of other things but this is exactly when you can live with four roommates in a basement and eat fucking fast food. Do you understand? This is not when the baby's there. Some of you have babies. This is not when you've been married and you promised. This is not when the world has sucked out all your dreams and hopes yet. You've still got this window and yet so many of you are so hungry for short-term gains. Maximizing the job that paid you $3000 more but it's not as fun but you want the $3000. For what? For what? For a new iPhone? For what? You get to live life one time and this is the time right now to understand what's actually happening and actually map your behavior to something that will impact you for the next 80 years. So promise me, promise me all you youngsters that are watching this right now in the fucking comments, 'cause I'll jump in and talk to you, promise me that you understand that the land grab of happiness starts right now. That you don't have to worry about getting that job. What you should do is go and travel and learn. Go and start that business that you've always wanted. Hook up with those three teammates and start that band you've always wanted. This is the time massively risk, massively risk oriented. I know that this is what is was a grow up and go see the world but guess what, the world isn't what mommy and daddy told you. The world is exactly going to be what it's going to be with or without the way you thought is gonna be. A ton go shit is going to change. The world changes every god damn day. Right now what you need to recognize is you can afford to. And not all of you I'm sure. Some of you will leave a comment and say I've got a loan. I get it, respect. But that loan is going to be there whether you go and try to and build something for yourself or not one way or the other. And by the way, you can work at night. This is when you put in the 18 hours a day to make your life that you want happen. And again 'cause I'm scared I can hear myself fucking talking I'm not saying it's "The Secret," its practicality. When you are in your early 20s this is when you can grind at your highest levels 'cause there isn't all the fucking baggage that comes across with life. It's harder for the 42-year-olds that are watching right now to listen to this advice. You just can't wake up tomorrow and be like "Let's go," 'cause little Sally has soccer fucking practice. And because you got 1 million other things that are holding you down. But boy, if you're lucky enough to be graduating today with not a fucking idea of what you're going to do with your future nobody's ever been luckier than you. Please recognize it.

Channel: GaryVee

Views: 2,085,594

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Id: RBXZlYdiizk

Length: 4min 41sec (281 seconds)

Published: Sat May 07 2016