HOW TO BEAT UNEMPLOYMENT IN UGANDA

There are very many graduates coming out the Universities and tertiary institutions but there is no clear path to where they are actually going. 

This is simply because the levels of Unemployment in the country are actually skyrocketing high. 

In Uganda today having a college degree does not guarantee you a job in an office instead if you do not think properly you may sooner or later end up committing suicide but I pray that this does not actually happen to anyone out there.

 Today I would like to look at how we the youths can actually beat unemployment and live a very fulfilling and fruitful life after college.

Read inspirational books

There is a very common saying that if you want to hide something from an African, the best place to hide it is inside a book. 

Yes, it might be true that you have been actually spending the last four years reading books to help you pass exams and may you are exhausted and just tired of looking at books but the fact of the matter is that books are important in the lives of successful people out there. 

If you want to be successful start reading some books that will inspire you and motivate you to do things.  

You can start by reading biographies of successful people and you will be able to learn about the things that they did to help them overcome their weaknesses and failures in life. today, we are in the information age and therefore you cannot say that you actually do not know anything. 

Just use Google to help learn the things that you are actually passionate about and you will start getting there. Reading about successful people like the Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg will help build a different mindset within you. 

That is the mindset of independence which will actually help you do amazing things in this world.

 Use your time wisely

In Uganda we do not actually keep time well but the most important habit of successful people is that they do keep time well and ensure that every minute they are doing something that will actually make them better either at their craft or  at their work place. 

Whatever time we do waste will actually never come back and therefore we must ensure that every time that we use is beneficial to us and will make us better humans.

 In Uganda there are very many people who are spending most of their time watching television instead of doing something constructive with their lives. 

If you are watching an educative program, it will actually add value to you but if you are just trying to entertain yourself, you are most likely not actually benefiting from it.  

For the youths out there, in order to beat unemployment, you should start looking for information that will actually add value to you and improve your tomorrow. 

Make sure you are either using your time to read things that will make you a better human being or you are doing something about your goals.

Set goals

Most unemployed youths in Uganda do not actually have clear goals in life. Some are just moving around like headless chickens looking for what actually they can do. This is a very wrong mentality simply because if you do not know where you are actually going, any road will take you there.  

In order for you to achieve anything you must first in the beginning have a dream and also you must have some goals that you have set for yourself.   

If you know what you want to achieve out of your life, you will most certainly be on the right track to achieving extra ordinary things in your life. 

You must have some goals that you are actually chasing everyday if you actually want to become very successful in life. 

The most successful people have set out goals that they would like to achieve in their life time. 

Start by setting up goals for yourself because not having goals in life is as good as no knowing what you actually want out of your life which is actually avery bad habit.

Take some risks

In the world today almost everything that we do is actually a risk and therefore there is nothing that we should actually fear if we want to become very successful and better in our life.   

The most successful people in the world took some calculated risks to get where they are and that is why they reached the top of the world. 

If you do not take any risks then you will never know what it means actually to win or achieve something in life. Start up something, this might be a business or try to venture into music. 

If you do try venturing into something, you will most likely be able to achieve something out of it. The truth is that taking risks will help you learn what actually does work and what does not work.

 If whatever you are trying to do works, you will have learnt a lot and have benefitted and if it does not work, you should just take up the lessons and move onto the next project.

Get people who motivate you and make you a better person

If you truly want to get out of poverty, you will need to change the circle of friends that you actually spend your time with. 

For most youths who are unemployed, they will most likely be spending their time with people who take drugs and alcohol.

 Those youths will not actually learn something that will help build them and if you truly want to become very successful in this world, you will need to get into the company of people who are willing to help you get there. I could say spend time with people who are more intelligent than you are or people whom you do admire. 

If you are admiring a music artist and would love to become like them, make sure you spend more time with them and learn from them what makes them actually stand out and become the best at what they are actually doing.

Develop a positive mindset

For some Ugandan youths out there, the reality of unemployment has taken a toll on their self esteem and they do believe that actually nothing can work in this country and that everything is not going to work.

 I encourage all the youths out there to develop positive mindsets so that they are able to do the right things and keep moving forward.

 Thinking positively and you will become better as you continue chasing your dreams and one day you will surely be successful.

 I hope this article will help you make better decisions in life that will help you become a better human being.