I failed in academia | The unexplored steps to academic failure! Leaving academia

In this video, I delve deep and explore my three steps to academic failure.
Of course, I do not consider my time in academia as wasted but, as this video will explore, I just wish I was more aware of what I was getting myself into.

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▼ ▽ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 – introduction
1:24 – not wanting to or not knowing how to play the academic game
8:12 – the sunk cost fallacy
15:44 – the outcome: scared and angry
21:08 – where I ended up
24:09 – summary

Let me know in the comments if you have experienced similar feelings and thoughts.


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