Why "C" Students Often Outperform Their Peers in Life Success
- Njeri Mickeydan Kioko
- 7 hours ago
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By Njeri Mickeydan Kioko
Robert Kiyosaki, in his riveting book, ‘A students work for C students and B students work for the government’ automatically qualifies C students to be the most successful in life. I am not a fortune teller, neither am I a magician to know who will succeed and who will not. However, from common analogy, some C students end up being bosses to the A students. I know you are surprised, so am i. however, there are reasons why these people make it in life. So, why do they succeed?
The first thing is that they always somehow seem to understand what they want earlier than others do. “C” students don’t spend much time on the unnecessary classes we all have to. If you are trying to become a technician, you obviously don’t need to write a hundred of annoying essays about culture and your summer experience. They stop taking required classes and focus on vocation-related subjects that can help them during their work. World famous entrepreneur and innovator Steve Jobs never finished college and made it to the top of IT industry only because he was focused on doing what he liked. He says, “The only way to succeed, is to love what you do. Keep looking, don’t settle.
The other thing is that they get first-hand experience. Most “C” students start working earlier than their peers, which lowers their marks as they have to skip classes to make a living. At the same time, they get priceless experience every “A+” graduate is missing. And we all know that you are less likely to hired without actual experience.
Thirdly, they build networks. While “A” students are stuck learning unnecessary subjects, C students read tons of useful literature and communicate with dozens of people every day. In real life, knowing powerful people as well as the ability to communicate can make a difference in your career.
Fourthly, they know how to enjoy life. When in college, they attend and come to the lessons with a little bit hangover, nevertheless, they enjoy their life. Same happens when they start working. Plain and simple: happy people are more successful than those who are not. It happens because they are fun to be around, proactive team players who will cheer up the entire team, which is one of the best skills your boss can look for. Stressful, negative people, no matter how intelligent they are, they won’t be in the top list candidates.
Another good thing about them is that they follow their dreams. Much of success comes from loving what you do. When you enter college, you are very young and might not understand what you actually need. That is why it is important to understand that you are not obliged to follow the choice you made when you were 18 or worse, if your parents made it for you. Look at the youngest female billionaire Elizabeth Holmes, who is revolutionizing medicine. She dropped out of Stanford, one of the most prestigious universities in the whole world just to follow her dreams. Another example is all-known fun-lover Richard Branson, he dropped out of school at the age of 15, now he is managing a giant air company.
Another special thing about them is that they find the simplest solutions. Billionaire computer specialist Bill Gates is one of the many successful people who cannot show off with their college marks. Nevertheless, he managed to get to the top by building Microsoft, one of the giant IT corporations. Bill Gates is very open-minded and unlike others, he never looks at grades or even diploma. Moreover, he thinks it is important to think outside-the-box. One of his famous quotes: “I will always choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because he will an easy way to do it”.
Lastly, they understand the struggle. Success requires emotional intelligence, perseverance, passion and, mostly importantly, the ability to overcome failure. In business as well as in life, you will go through ups and downs no matter what grades you had in college. “C” students become more successful because they know what it means to struggle, starting with passing exams and ending with finding money to start their own business. At the end of the day, grades are just numbers. True achievement is to become someone in a real world. And, if you graduated from college with lower grades, don’t despair. Real life and real lessons occur when you leave the classroom
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