College is a cheat code (if you use it right!)

27 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this concise advice video, the speaker argues that college can serve as a strategic advantage—or "cheat code"—for various individuals, provided they align it with their passions and goals. He outlines three main pathways: (1) using college to acquire specialized knowledge or business fundamentals; (2) treating the college years as a low‑risk window to launch a side business, since the primary responsibility is already being a student; and (3) avoiding college (or taking a gap period) if one lacks clear direction, to prevent unnecessary debt. He emphasizes weighing scholarship opportunities against loan risk, and concludes with a call‑to‑action to follow for more free hacks.

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College can be actually a super beneficial thing for a lot of different type of people. The question is, what are you actually passionate about? Do you want to learn about business? Do you want to learn about a specialized field? You should definitely go to college to learn about that, but you are not going to learn as much about business than starting your own business. So when I was in school, for example, I started my own company because my main job was to actually be a college student. And so if my business failed, it didn't matter. It is one of the only times of your life when you're actually in high school or college that your job is to be a student and your secondary job is to make a little bit of extra money by starting something that maybe might work and change your life as it did mine. So one of the biggest opportunities here is if you can't get a scholarship is to take on those loans, try and start a business and do something that you actually like. But if you don't actually know what you want to do, then I would recommend not going to college and taking some time off so that you are not just getting in debt for the sake of getting in debt. If you want to get more of this, follow us and get all of our hacks for free.