Young people are prone to be and do what is cool. And in today’s world, they are inundated with evolving standards of what is cool so they constantly feel that they fall short. PHOTO | FILE
The biggest advantage you have when young is time. You can take risks. What are you doing when you are not in class? How will those skills help you when applying for a job or starting a business?
A cool phone today is cool for a short period and then the standards of coolness will change as new versions hit the market.
I wrote an article a while ago about the poverty support group. You need to be around people who are going where you are going. Your ‘squad’ needs to have the same values.
We graduated over 80 university-age students from our campus edition financial course last week.
We invited some speakers to the occasion, who imparted invaluable lessons that I want to share. I was among the speakers, and because many of us were older than our graduates, we shared our money mistakes and lessons.
