Save all that money you get back throughout college. Learn what you wanna do and stick to it. Be ready to relocate at the drop of a dime for your pursuits. Do not waste time trying to get females, you'll come across quality women along the way.
What's the best advice you can give an 18 year old black male right now?
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street heat
merchant of death
in your position main things you need to do are avoid having a kid and stay out of jail. as long you do those two things there will never be anything standing in the way of you getting everything you want out of life.
figure what you want to do and just come up with a plan to get there.
figure what you want to do and just come up with a plan to get there.
get ready for martial law and get you some tools..
KravenMorehead™
Barrel Brothers.®
- As a black man, go vegetarian. I'm not trying to be funny or push an agenda. Every single part of your body will thank you.
- Learn self defense. Learn how to use and clean a gun.
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- Listen to the breh who said exercise. It's like brushing your teeth, a form of body maintenance. It affects everything. Exercise your insides as well as your outsides. Jogging for example will improve your cardiovascular endurance. Your internal organs are like an engine and the more efficiently you train them and use them on a daily basis, the healthier you'll be and the more efficient your muscular workout will be overall.
- Constantly apply for a better job even if you have a good one. Don't wait for them to fire you or decide when they're done with you. Strive to work for yourself. Come up with something.
- If you work 20 hours a week and you get paid $10 dollars an hour, and you buy some jordans, you just spend a week worth of work on one pair of fukkin sneakers.
b_priest9mm
A work in progress...
DO NOT fukk around with student loans. In fact, there's no rush to get to college, period. Don't listen to what people tell you. If I could do it all again, I would have spent a few years working, saving up money and researching lucrative careers that coincide with my interests. Then, when I'd go to school, I get the degree I need with the job already in mind and save myself a lot of money and time.
Most importantly, I wouldn't be in debt.
Oh, and if you aint liftin' by now, you should probably get to it.
Most importantly, I wouldn't be in debt.
Oh, and if you aint liftin' by now, you should probably get to it.
InDePickWest
Im Not American
Agree.
Dont be a thot. Ive seen smart dudes get their lives rocked over for messing with the wrong chick, focusing on p*ssy when they should have their head in the books, getting someone pregnant..etc.
Put yourself first, not p*ssy. Itll always be there.
InDePickWest
Im Not American
Also, 18-24 is for working your ASS off. So you dont have to slave for the rest of your life. I guarantee you, if you build NOW, you will cruise through life as far as money goes. 18-24 are NOT your party years, they are for building/learning about yourself/improving yourself for a partner.
Ppl partying hard and teasing you for being a Pointdexter right now will be working jobs that they hate and dont get to apply themselves at (aka just a workhouse) because theyre partying at the wrong time. 27-35 are your REAL party years if you ask me.
Then after 35 get married.
Seems like the perfect life for me.
Ppl partying hard and teasing you for being a Pointdexter right now will be working jobs that they hate and dont get to apply themselves at (aka just a workhouse) because theyre partying at the wrong time. 27-35 are your REAL party years if you ask me.
Then after 35 get married.
Seems like the perfect life for me.
newworldafro
DeeperThanRapBiggerThanHH
... idk man
Unless yall both get tested and yall have determined yall going to be exclusive Invest in scuba gear aka condoms.
My advice is to be ok about making mistakes done after you've researched something to your best ability. In other words, take educated risks ....you're young and you can explore without being detrimental...also create a folder or files, so you can have easier access to information you've already researched.....you only get better too. That means schools, jobs, small business, partnerships, etc.
Learn about personal financing. I think there was a guy up here explaining how to recycle loans in credit unions to get your credit straight, and obtain business loans too. Lot of people up here that know better than me about investing and stuff like that.
I would say go to a coding academy. Even if you go to regular 4 year school in a totally different field. Learn how to code at a decent level in one of these 3 month intense schools.
Get licenses and/or certifications in your field or not in your field. These are marketable, and are basically VIP cards, being that so many industries are regulated, you need a pass to move into them.
Then also learn at least one other language proficiently (Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, etc). You can communicate with hundreds of millions of more people just learning one of the largest languages..and traveling and business opportunities can expand as well...even though technology is getting better.
Network (real business networking, not Tinder networking). Join organizations in the area/field you want to be part of in the future. Don't do it just to make money....per se, but literally try and build relationships with people.
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Read this thread it's some good shyt in here.
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/how-to-move-like-a-boss-fly-101.11618/
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/how-to-move-like-a-boss-fly-101.11618/
Uncle Trill
Hendrix 3:16
Dont go to college, get an internship.
Also, understand the importance of adaptability. Life doesn't always turn out the way we want it to, even with the best plans and intentions. However, whatever it throws you, you have to be able to adapt and push through it. Life gets harder as you age, but you will be better equipped for more complexities if you can constantly adapt to whatever your hit with in a mature way.
lightbearerchef
Von!!!
newworldafro
DeeperThanRapBiggerThanHH
Any trades you guys would recommend? I was thinking about carpentry
Again do your research, and that means looking at what is being said about the future of your field.
Obviously, know the basics of carpentry in a trade school or what not.
Probably learn AutoCAD and also look into 3D printing, https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Carpentry-idea-that-should-be-2776144.S.5947900779170926596, which is being used in more and more industries. That's where the being familiar with coding comes into play. Just being a little more tech savvy than the average person.
If you can do it, learn how to code.