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The Best Piece Of Advice I Can Give To A Recent College Graduate

Jonah Malin
The Post-Grad Survival Guide
4 min readFeb 3, 2020

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It’s been a little over two years since I graduated from college. In that time I have learned a lot about finding your footing in a career, the importance of building side hustles, and that skills like reading, writing, and learning are more important now than ever before.

But do you want to know what I would tell every recent college graduate?

Don’t focus on the end.

You can’t fixate on one singular definition of success.

My ambitions from day one as a graduate have changed drastically (more than you think) and my career is heading in a direction that I never would have imagined.

The beauty of your success lies in the knowledge that it is a moving target. A lot of what happens in the years after college is unpredictable and unexplainable.

Instead of relentlessly chasing an uncertain future, embrace the moment and set achievable short-term goals that will set you up for lasting success.

Here’s what you should focus on:

1. Learning

College teaches you to be a specialist. We are forced into one or two disciplines that put us on a one-track mindset for life. Just because your degree is in…

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Jonah Malin
The Post-Grad Survival Guide

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