10 Jobs/Things Young People Should do
Make them well-rounded, give them perspective, and build some grit.
Any other suggestions?
Any other suggestions?
1. Wait tables at a restaurant
You really learn how to manage people, remember things, and how to solve problems.
2. Bartend
You'll need to listen to people's problems and have conversations when things are slow. When it is busy, you are going to have to think on your feet .
Even if you don't become a great bartender, it's a great skill that will impress people in social situations as you age. Everyone likes a special drink!
3. Mow Lawns/Shovel Snow
Having a summer lawn business is fantastic for young people. You have to find clients, get up early, go work in the sun, and do a good job in a timely manner.
Lawncare is also a business where you can eventually make more than the average doctor or lawyer, if you expand and grow your business.
4. Play a Sport or Compete in a Game
If you aren't athletic, play chess, or poker, or compete in eSports. You will learn very similar lessons to playing a sport and you won't sweat as much. You will still burn a lot of calories as the mind is really cranking at 100%!
5. Peace Corps/Military/Volunteer
Upon successful completion, your college or vocational school, or business grant would be paid for.
This would allow you to travel. See new things. Meet new people. Humble yourself. And find different perspectives about the world.
My uncle joined the Peace Corps after HS and it sounded like the best experience of his life. Visiting Africa. He did get Malaria, but he's still kicking today.
6. Teach/Mentor
It's surprising how many people who are good at something, haven't learn the skill to teach or mentor others.
Once you've made it, you will now be equipped to help the next generation.
This will prevent you from becoming Nancy Pelosi or Mitch McConnell and hanging on way too long past your prime....
7. Sales
Sales is hard, and can even be unfair, if you have a bad territory or terrible product. So it goes.
8. Join a Club
Learn how to meet and interact with people in a setting you are a beginner.
9. Learn a Martial Art/Self-Defense/Gun safety
You could even lump in a Gun safety course. Even if you don't want to own one, it will allow you to understand and respect a weapon.
10. Change a Tire
In my time as a licensed driver, I've had more flat tires than I can remember. Maybe if the young people had to volunteer and make sure our roads and bridges were smooth and safe, I wouldn't have had this issue...
Now, I pay for AAA, but I could still probably change a tire in a jam.
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