 How to be rich without a college education? Nicole Smart, the owner of Starstaffin, the youngest recipient to be awarded the 40 on the 40 award, recognizing business leaders under the age of 40, only has a high school diploma. Nicole started as an entry-level receptionist and rose through the ranks quickly, becoming a business owner by the age of 25, less than seven years from graduating high school. A company was recently acknowledged by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S. and she has been featured in Forbes, The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, Wall Street Journal and a good number of other publications. How did Nicole do all of that with just a high school diploma? You see, getting rich and successful is independent on the things you learn in school. It is more about how much knowledge you possess and how valuable it is to men. In this video, I'll share with you how to be rich without a college education. This, I believe, will help you become a successful person. If you're new here, consider subscribing so that you won't miss other interesting videos like this. 1. Be ready to work hard Everyone who desires to become rich and successful must be willing to work hard, with or without a college degree. However, if you do not have a college degree, you must be willing to work harder than everyone else as to catch up and even overtake those who have one. 2. Become a master of one thing Once you have decided that you are willing to put in the work required for success, it is time to determine the means that you want to use to get rich. This is where you ask yourself, how do I want to get rich? Or what do I want to do to get rich? Once you have that sorted out, then you have to work towards attaining mastery in that field. Here's how it works. Either you have a college degree or not. If you want to become rich, you have to be exceptionally good at something such that when people think of your field, your main comes to mind. When that happens, it means that you have become a master in your field, which means that people will easily pay you so much money to either consult for them or get your products or services in their hands. They simply believe that you know what you are doing, better than anyone else in that field. Ben Oberg, a 25-year-old self-made millionaire and founder of Millinear Mafia said, choose to master one thing in your business at a time. Become an absolute technician at one skill until you produce results from it. Once you have produced results, then you can build out from there. Choosing to try and master ten things at a time will set you up for no result for all ten of those things. Two, never stop learning. That you do not have a college degree is not an excuse to be ignorant, especially about your field. You see, if you're going to become an expert in your field and attain mastery, you have to keep learning. That's the only way you can achieve it. You can take courses that can help you hone your skill or read books and do one or two internet researches now and then. The most important thing is to keep reading to make your brain flexible and improve your problem-solving skill abilities. According to Oberg, you always need to learn about your business. If you stop feeding your brain knowledge about new products, trends and software in your field, then your business is going to stop growing. You're going to become old news in your field. Your income is going to play to. Your talents are going to max out at a certain height. Your success will stop while your competitors continue to grow, adapt and refine their expertise while they surpass you. So, make sure you are always learning, so you stay ahead of the curve. Three, learn how to network with people. Learn to network with people both in and out of your field. You know, networking is not just about being recognized for your work. Reputation that builds up around your work, attitude and context will help to grow your network. Also, while networking with people, leverage this network to help others as well. Help them connect, learn and grow. Doing this will increase your network and the reward that comes with this is that people in your network will think of you in situations when your specialties come to mind. Four, hang around supportive and like-minded people. Next to networking with people, both those in your field and those outside your field is hanging around people who are supportive and equally willing to be rich and successful. When you hang around like-minded people, you are easily motivated to push and challenge yourself until you achieve your dreams. Oberg said that when you don't follow the norm, that is go to college, get a degree, find a 9-5 job and pay off your debt, people will tell you that you will fail because it's unfamiliar to them. This is not an indictment of your abilities, rather a testament to their fears and limitations. It is critical that you find a community of individuals who are like-minded and have the same goals as you. Five, learn communication or marketing skills. You mastered your field, learn how to network with people and even hang around other supportive and like-minded people. Next, say you sell a product or you offer a service. The only way to become and reach doing that is to sell to a lot of people, isn't it? Hence, the need to learn how to communicate and market your products to people. Again, Oberg said that you must be able to talk about your product or business with confidence and expertise. You must understand the skill set of creating relationships before you shove your product or brand down someone's truth. Many people are not great communicators. It's not something we were taught in formal education. You can master how to communicate with people properly. You are ahead of your game on every level. The biggest tip I can give is to learn how to listen. This is the essential part of any business, listen to what the customers are asking for. Take the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates who have become highly successful without college degrees. Not only did they invent some of the best products that exist, they learned the art of effective communication and marketing which eventually helped them to become millionaires. Anyone can get rich. Even without a college degree, it's only a matter of determination and proper planning. If you want to become rich, consider the following steps and consistently practice them. Thank you very much for watching our videos. 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