Kyle Mitchell
Luminating Letter—Inspiring Hopes and Dreams
Kyle knows the frustration being felt by youth today. Kyle’s Luminating Letter is written to inspire middle and high school students to focus on what is important as they make their decisions regarding life after high school and going to college.
My name is Kyle Mitchell and I am a recent grad from Indiana University Southeast. In high school and through college, my goal in life was to make a lot of money. There is nothing wrong with wanting to make a lot of money and I am still striving to make money but my number one goal in life is to inspire others. I realized that the feeling I get from inspiring is far greater than the feeling of receiving money. With all this being said, I hope I can inspire kids in high school who are about to go to college with this letter.
The most important thing you need in college to be successful is effort. I have friends and colleagues that tell me all the time, “I want to go to college but I am not smart enough.” There could not be a more false statement about college. If you put in the effort, you will see the results. Let me tell you what college is really like.
A lot of high school students experience fear, anxiety, and apprehension when starting college. This is normal and happens to most (including me) but really there is nothing to worry about. As long as you can commit yourself to putting in the effort, you will be fine. A great speaker that I highly recommend to any student to listen to is Eric Thomas. Even out of school, I still listen to him every day. One of Eric’s biggest things he “encourages” having phenomenal will is greater than having phenomenal skill.
If you can work on your will power and get that to a phenomenal level then you will undoubtedly succeed not just in school but in life. You will realize in college that you have a lot less time in the classroom and that most of your learning comes outside of the classroom. This is where that will power has to kick in for you.
Most high school students are not used to all the freedom and a majority do not know how to handle it. It takes practice and a mindset to control your will power. You have to know why you are doing what you are doing.
What is your motivator? You need to have a reason for why you are going to school. Going to school because your parents want you to is going to make it hard to control your will power. You need to have a deep reason that can drive you every day to get up and put everything you have into that day because only then will you feel truly successful. There is one more element that is important to have in college/life.
The last thing I would like to touch on is having a sense of pride and passion for what you are doing. Whether it is school, work, sports, etc., make sure you are passionate and have pride in what you are doing. You should be able look at yourself at the end of the day and feel proud of what you did because you know that really gave it your all that day.
To leave off, make sure you have that effort and phenomenal will power because you only live this life once. Don’t go to college and waste your time. Second, develop a sense of pride in what you are doing. If you don’t feel that pride or you don’t have a passion for what you are doing then switch to something else. You are at the beginning of your life and it is time to take advantage of it.
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