Yeah, I know. It's kind of my thing to come up with these cool names sometimes—for example, #moreExposure 😊. Cool, right?
I'm just joking around because it's nothing, and maybe I'm the only one who finds it cool while others don't, but that's not the most important thing for today. Today, we want to know what we really mean when we say #moreExposure in this riseFromCollege mission.
Before going deeper into this, we need first to get a clear understanding of the following two crucial points—I find these two as the main reasons for this #moreExposure concept.
We as students most of the time can't see opportunities that are just around the corner.
This is because most of us are trapped in this "groupthink" trap.
A trap that makes our view of the world limited to certain areas—preventing us from noticing what's beyond our view.
In groups, whether friends, classmates, or social circles, there is always some kind of shared knowledge that arises and is ultimately acknowledged as the general truth—once most of the group members start to embrace it.
As a result, powerfully and collectively, we start to act or think as one based on this single "truth." We start to believe in the same thing and have this shared way of seeing the world, like collective glasses we all wear.
That's how we miss opportunities because we see through our peers' "truth" and not the "real truth."
The crazy part is that it's hard to notice this until you step outside of it. And the only way to step outside this groupthink is to put on a new pair of glasses—ones that reveal what your peers might not see.
In this scenario, your new pair of glasses are the things which your peers don't know about—the real truth. For example:
"You can't get a job that easily." → Try wearing the glasses that show you that, in the 21st century, building your personal brand online can be a powerful CV that gets you job offers without ever submitting a traditional resume.
"What's the point of talking to lecturers? That's so bookish." → Put on the glasses that reveal they have years of experience, valuable advice, and connections to guide you toward success.
It's not wise to reject everything believed by your peers, but it is wise to question things rather than just blindly accepting everything.
2. Regrets are always rooted in what we didn't know
I bet there are things you wish you could go back in time and do differently.
It's because you now know something you didn't back then—something that could've changed everything.
I think by now you'll start to see that this game has always been all about what you know—meaning the more you know, the fewer regrets you'll have.
And yes, you may not be able to go into the future and find your future self to tell you what you messed up and what you wish you knew before. But still, you can minimize those future regrets you might have by making sure you reduce the number of things which you don't know now.
And that involves starting to learn now and build a future with fewer wishes of "I wish I knew this before."
Now what is #moreExposure?
Simply put: discover what you don't know but should know.
This is one of the things you need to attain your success while still in college and not wait until you graduate to start hustling from scratch (which can be frustrating, of course).
You get #moreExposure by reading books, consuming valuable content, engaging with insightful people—just use any means as long as they tell you something special you didn't know before.
This is the only way to get away from this groupthink trap, to reduce the amount of "I wish I knew this before" in your future.
With this, you will come to see opportunities in places where most of us didn't see them, you'll come to have the mindset which sets you apart from conventional ways of thinking of most college students—and again, you'll see more opportunities where most of us didn't see them.
This is the only way forward if you want to riseFromCollege.
#moreExposure #buildUpSkills #TryOutThings
