How College Changed My Life.
Summary
TLDRAustin Dunham teilt seine College-Story und wie sein Leben durch die Zeit an der Valdosta State University verändert wurde. Er beschreibt seine Herausforderungen, wie fast das Ausscheiden, die Teilnahme am ROTC und die Entdeckung seiner Leidenschaft für Fitness und Calisthenics. Durch harte Arbeit und Motivation gelang es ihm, sein Studium erfolgreich abzuschließen und gleichzeitig einen YouTube-Kanal zu gründen, der es bis zu 500.000 Abonnenten brachte. Er dankt der Universität für die Weichenstellungen, die sein heutiges Selbst und seinen Erfolg ermöglichten.
Takeaways
- 🎓 Austin Dunham ist ein Absolvent der Valdosta State University und hat seine persönliche Entwicklung während seines Studiums dort beschrieben.
- 👋 Austin begann sein Collegeleben als schüchterner Highschool-Absolvent, der sich in der Freiheit und Selbstfindung befand.
- 🏋️♂️ Durch die Teilnahme am ROTC-Programm fand er seine Leidenschaft für Fitness und Kalesthenik, was später zu seinem YouTube-Kanal führte.
- 📚 Austin hatte Schwierigkeiten mit Mathematik und einem schweren Kurs, was ihn fast zum Austritt vom College brachte, aber er lernte, Herausforderungen zu überwinden.
- 🔥 Ein motivierendes YouTube-Video inspirierte ihn, hart für sein Bestehen in einem schwierigen Kurs zu lernen, was ihm letztendlich den Durchlass ermöglichte.
- 📈 Während seines Studiums begann Austin, Fitnessvideos zu produzieren, die eine große Nachfrage auf YouTube hatten und seinen Kanal stark beleben.
- 💡 Austin lernte, wie wichtig Motivation und Leidenschaft für persönliches Wachstum und Erfolg im Studium und in der Karriere sind.
- 🤔 Während seines Junior-Jahres begann Austin, über seine Zukunft nach dem College nachzudenken und seine Prioritäten zu überarbeiten.
- 🚗 Austin kaufte sich ein neues Auto, was für ihn ein Symbol für seinen Erfolg und seine Fähigkeit, sein Leben zu verbessern war.
- 🛫 Nach Überlegungen und Diskussionen entschied Austin, das ROTC-Programm zu verlassen, um sich voll auf seinen YouTube-Kanal und sein Unternehmen zu konzentrieren.
- 🎖️ Austin schloss sein Studium erfolgreich ab und reflektierte über die Bedeutung der Erfahrungen, die er während seines Studiums gesammelt hatte, für sein persönliches Wachstum und seine Karriere.
Q & A
Welche Universität hat Austin Dunham besucht?
-Austin Dunham hat an der Valdosta State University studiert.
Wie hat Austin Dunham seine Zeit während seines ersten Jahres an der Universität erlebt?
-Er hat sich neue Freunde gemacht, seine Freiheit erlebt und erste Erfahrungen mit dem Feiern und Alkohol gemacht. Er war auch Teil des ROTC-Programms und begann, sich für Fitness und Kalesthenik zu interessieren.
Welche Herausforderungen hat Austin Dunham während seines ersten Semesters konfrontiert?
-Er hat mit schwierigen Kursen wie Präkalkülus zu kämpfen, insbesondere in der Vorbereitung auf eine Prüfung, bei der er eine Note von A benötigte, um das Fach zu bestehen.
Was hat Austin Dunham nach dem Bestehen des schwierigen Kurses im ersten Semester angefangen?
-Er hat mit dem Erstellen von Fitness- und Kalesthenik-Videos für YouTube begonnen und einen eigenen YouTube-Kanal gestartet.
Wie hat die Erfahrung im ROTC-Programm Austin Dunham beeinflusst?
-Das ROTC-Programm hat ihm geholfen, seine Leidenschaft für Fitness und Kalesthenik zu entdecken und hat ihn in Bezug auf Führungsqualitäten und Selbstfindung geprägt.
Welche Rolle spielten Freunde wie Sam und Walking Spratly in Austin Dunhams Universitätsleben?
-Sam und Walking Spratly waren wichtige Freunde, die er während seines ersten Jahres an der Universität traf und mit denen er auch heute noch befreundet ist.
Was war das erste Video, das Austin Dunham auf seinem YouTube-Kanal veröffentlicht hat?
-Das erste Video, das er veröffentlicht hat, war ein viermonatiger Transformations-Video, das Aufmerksamkeit erhielt und seine Fitness-Journey dokumentierte.
Wie hat Austin Dunham seine Studienrichtung geändert?
-Er hat von Computer Information Systems (CIS) zu Business Management gewechselt, nachdem er in einem schwierigen Mathematikkurs eine schlechte Note erhalten hat.
Was hat Austin Dunham im Laufe seines dritten Jahres an der Universität begonnen?
-Er hat sich verstärkt auf Selbstverbesserung und sein Unternehmen konzentriert und die Marke 'Teach workout' gegründet.
Warum hat Austin Dunham sich entschieden, das ROTC-Programm zu verlassen?
-Er hat sich nach innen gefragt, ob er wirklich in der Militärkarriere bleiben möchte, insbesondere nachdem er Erfolge mit seinem YouTube-Kanal und seinem Unternehmen erzielt hatte. Nach einer Diskussion mit seinen Eltern und einer sorgfältigen Überlegung von Vor- und Nachteilen hat er beschlossen, das Programm zu verlassen.
Was war das Ziel von Austin Dunhams Abschluss?
-Er hat einen Bachelor-Abschluss in Business Management mit einem Schwerpunkt in Entrepreneurship erworben.
Outlines
🎓 Erste Erfahrungen mit Freiheit und Selbstfindung
Der erste Absatz erzählt die Geschichte von Austin Dunham, einem Studenten der Valdosta State University, der seine persönliche Entwicklung während seines Studiums beschreibt. Nach seiner schüchternen Zeit in der High School begann sein Leben zu verändern, als er neue Freunde traf und seine ersten Schritte in Richtung Freiheit und Selbstfindung machte. Er trat dem ROTC bei und lernte über Fitness und Kalesthenik, was später zu seinem Hobby wurde. Austin hatte Schwierigkeiten mit seinem Studium, besonders in Vorkursrechnung, und erzitterte sogar vor dem Ausscheiden, bevor ein motivierendes YouTube-Video ihn dazu inspirierte, hart zu lernen und das Fach zu bestehen. Diese Erfahrung lehrt uns, dass es in der Universität schwierige Zeiten geben kann, aber mit Motivation und Willenskraft kann man diese überwinden.
🏋️♂️ Fitness-Entdeckung und YouTube-Kanal-Gründer
In diesem Absatz schildert Austin, wie er während seines Weihnachtsferien in der Schule einen Fitness-Videokanal startete. Sein erstes Video über seine viermonatige Transformation erhielt über 100.000 Aufrufe, gefolgt von einem Video mit einem Anfänger-Home-Workout, das über eine Million Klicks zählt. Austins Kanal wuchs stetig und er lernte im Laufe des ersten Studienjahres viel über sich selbst, während er auch sein soziales Umfeld und seine Beziehungen ausbaute. Er beschreibt auch seine Herausforderungen mit dem Studium, insbesondere mit dem Wechsel seines Studienfaches von CIS zu Business Management, nachdem er in einem Mathematikfach eine schlechte Note erhielt. Trotz des Wechsels blieb er erfolgreich und holte sich sogar eine Beteiligung an einem Feldtraining der ROTC.
🚗 Selbstverwirklichung und wirtschaftlicher Erfolg
Der dritte Absatz konzentriert sich auf Austins wirtschaftlichen Erfolg und seine Entscheidung, die ROTC zu verlassen. Er reflektiert über seine wachsende Popularität auf YouTube und die Gründung seiner Marke 'Tea workout'. Austin beschreibt, wie er sich von der Party-Szene zurückzog, um sich auf Selbstverbesserung und sein Unternehmen zu konzentrieren. Er kaufte sich ein neues Auto, das seine wirtschaftlichen Erfolge symbolisierte. Nach intensiven Überlegungen und Diskussionen mit seinen Eltern entschied er sich, die ROTC zu verlassen, um sich voll auf seine Zukunft und sein Unternehmen zu konzentrieren. Austin betont die Bedeutung der ROTC für seine persönliche Entwicklung und Führungsfähigkeiten.
🎉 Abschluss und Dank an die unterstützenden Menschen
In diesem letzten Absatz feiert Austin seinen Abschluss mit einem Bachelor-Abschluss in Business Management und einem Minor in Entrepreneurship. Er reflektiert über seine Entwicklung von einem unentschlossenen Teenager zu einem jungen Erwachsenen, der bereit ist, seine Leidenschaft zu leben und andere zu motivieren. Austin bedankt sich bei all jenen, die ihn in den letzten vier Jahren unterstützt und als positive Vorbilder für ihn dienten, und drückt seinen Dank für die Valdosta State University aus, die ihm den Weg zum Erfolg geebnet hat.
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Keywords
💡Valdosta State University
💡Freiheit
💡ROTC
💡Fitness
💡Persönliche Entwicklung
💡YouTube-Kanal
💡Herausforderungen
💡Motive
💡Wechsel des Studienfachs
💡Double Dip Bars
💡Abschluss
Highlights
Austin Dunham shares his college journey at Valdosta State University.
Transition from a shy high school student to embracing college freedom and social life.
Joining the ROTC and meeting lifelong friends, including roommate Sam.
First experiences with parties and alcohol in college.
Struggles with fitness and discovering a passion for calisthenics and fitness.
Academic challenges in precalculus leading to a motivational transformation.
Achieving a perfect score on a final exam after intense study sessions.
The start of a YouTube channel focusing on fitness and calisthenics.
A four-month transformation video that gained significant online traction.
Creating a popular home workout routine video that surpassed a million views.
Sophomore year marked by serious commitment to ROTC and academics.
Experiencing a romantic relationship for the first time.
Switching majors from CIS to Business Management after a failing grade.
Achieving straight A's and attending field training in the ROTC program.
The YouTube channel's growth with a video amassing over 4 million views.
Shifting focus from partying to self-improvement and business development in junior year.
Questioning the future with ROTC and the success of the YouTube business.
Purchasing a new car as a symbol of success and motivation.
Decision to leave ROTC to focus on business and personal growth.
Launching a successful Kickstarter project for the 'Double Dip Bars'.
Graduating with a bachelor's degree in Business Management and a minor in Entrepreneurship.
Reflection on the transformational impact of the college experience.
Transcripts
[Music]
the past four years I've been a student
here at Valdosta State University and
it's been a long ride from almost
dropping out to leaving ROTC I
definitely have my shares of ups and
downs hey everybody my name is Austin
Dunham and this is my college story and
how college changed my life
[Music]
so the journey began in 2014 after I
graduated high school I began my
freshman year here at via Sheol and this
is when I started to first experience
that little bit of freedom in which I
honestly never had in high school not
saying I couldn't but in high school I
was just a really shy person I didn't go
out that much and I prefer to just stay
indoors play video games and just do
indoor stuff and not be that social when
it came to like the partying thing and
hanging out with friends a lot I guess
you can say I was kind of lame in high
school I didn't really speak to many
people at high school or in class either
but that kind of only change once I came
here and this is when I started to meet
new people I started to discover who I
really am and for one I was in the
freshmen learning community for the ROTC
freshman year class and this is where I
met my roommate who weren't friends with
today
Sam I met another good friend walking
Spratly and a whole bunch of other
people that I'm still friends with today
now being with this group of people I
started to experience different things
such as my first party going out having
fun but with you know friends and also
little things like alcohol - I never
even had a drink before I came to
college so no pun intended college kind
of gave me my first step when it came to
that stuff now throughout this time I
was in ROTC of course and I started to
learn more about fitness because I was
struggling with my push-ups or my
fitness test and I wanted to get better
at it so this is when I actually
discovered something that I'm really
really into till this day and that is
Cal aesthetics and fitness it all
started with like I said I wanted to get
better at push-ups I did my research
online I watched tons of YouTube videos
I came across these cool videos of
people doing amazing skills and tricks
on the bars and I wanted to be able to
do that and have that strength so that I
could impress people and also so that I
could pass my test
but before we
even get into that this is when also I
started struggling with school so just a
few months down the line like in
November it was up coming on finals I
was becoming really really D motivated
because my classes were a bit harder
than what I expected one of them being
precalculus it was and this class I had
adn so I was about to fell it I didn't
I've never felt a class before in my
life and never made a D in my life
believe it or not and I was very very
nervous of what what happened if I was
to fail it I was thinking about other
options I literally almost dropped out
and enlist enlisted in the military I
called my mom I was like I'm not gonna
do well in this class but I have another
plan I'm gonna enlist I'm gonna join the
airforce um I don't think college is
right for me and my mom was like you
know I just take through it you can do
it we all been there you're just
experiencing your first time doing it
and you know I agree with her but still
I was super demotivated and I felt like
no matter what I do I could not overcome
that obstacle of just passing that hard
class and so one day I came across this
YouTube video it was a motivational
YouTube video typical yes but that one
motivational video sparked a fire in me
to get up and actually start studying
super super hard for this final exam in
which I had to make an a on it in order
to pass the class I would study seven
hours a day from the time I woke up to
the time it was time to go to bed I
would just be studying studying studying
I didn't go out I didn't talk to anybody
I really just only get up to go eat and
everybody thought something was wrong
with me because I was studying so hard
but through that motivation and that one
video that I watched and the dedication
and willpower I had to study that led me
to getting a 100 on that final exam and
I ended up passing the class and
obviously staying in schools so that's
one thing I learned while I was here my
freshman year that there are going to be
hard times within college but I've
learned
overcome those obstacles and power
through it and get get through it and
all it takes is a little bit of
motivation and a spark of Drive now
after that after the first semester I
pass it I was super happy and this is
when I started another journey which has
made a huge impact on where I'm at now
and that's starting my youtube channel
so I started doing Fitness ting Cal
aesthetics and fast forward a few months
I was at home bored on Christmas break
from school and I was like I'm gonna
make a fitness video showing my progress
of how I've been doing my fitness
journey within these few months it was
called my four-month transformation
video I made this video and I posted it
online and that video alone got over a
hundred thousand views on my channel
then from there I made my popular
beginner home workout routine in the
backyard by just a few days later and
that video was my first video on my new
channel to get over a million views so
that can I kick start at my youtube
channel and from there I never looked
back and I've been posting videos ever
since then and it was all through my
freshman year of college
I learned so much within that year I had
the greatest of times I had really big
friend group and it kind of changed
throughout the years which I'll get into
but freshman year definitely my most fun
and my best year here at the issue so
after my freshman year I came back here
to I sophomore super motivated super
pumped up to finish out the school year
this is the year where I took ROTC very
very seriously and my grades for that
matter because we had to make good
grades in order to get was called
enrollment allocations to go to field
training in which not everybody got to
go to field training and it was
dependent on your GPA your physical
fitness and other means of your
performance in RTC
and also in school so I took the
semester very very seriously and with
that being said this was the first year
actually got straight A's and I think
the only year for that matter but I
studied super super hard got this time
also
to a new relationship which was a new
thing for me because in high school I
didn't date at all and I wasn't really
into that but um sophomore year that
kind of changed for me and I I kind of
realized I started to find myself
freshman year but then I started to
figure out who I am when it comes to
being close with another person having a
relationship and also throughout this
time I was a computer information
systems major CIS but I discovered that
I'm not the greatest at math if you
remember from freshman years so the
classes got a bit harder very hard
actually and this is where something
tragic happened I made my first F my
first and only FF ever in my life now I
wasn't super deep motivated like last
time the class honestly which is hard
and it was over-the-top for me and you
know I'm glad I did that because that
led me to changing my major which is the
same major I have today and that major
is Business Management so I went from
CIS to business management switched up
my classes it was a few a few wasted
classes that you know I wasted time on
that kind of pushed me back in regards
to graduation but like I said no regrets
I was still doing very very well and I
brought my GPA back up the semester that
I made all A's and which was the spring
semester of the second year and also in
spring semester actually got in
enrollment allocation to go to field
training for RTC and I was super super
pumped up about that because like I said
the past year is not everybody got to go
and that was one of the top candidates
to go and I was just super excited super
ready for summer so I can just keep
training keep trying to keep training
and I would kept posting YouTube videos
to my channel and this is where it might
kind of really really blew up Irish over
50,000 subscribers I posted my
five-minute home chest workout video
which is the most popular video on my
channel to date with over 4 million
views and I was just super motivated
super happy I was in a good place and I
can see just my progress from last year
and
I was just excited going into year three
my junior year which was from 2016 to
2017 this is where I kind of phase out
of that partying stage I've experienced
my freedom the past two years and this
is where I started really focusing on
self improvement and things within my
business and this is when a tea workout
was born the actual brand name that LLC
and all that stuff
I started getting serious with in
business and I wanted to scale that
because I started thinking about my
future after I graduate it was getting
to that point where you know I'm in
college now but what am I gonna do in
the future and with that being said this
is where I started to question my future
with ROTC I came back from field
training I did well I was actually the
trainer of the cadets who are going to
fill training the following year and I
was having I was having a good time in
RTC it just led me to think about my
future like I said because I started to
see more success within my youtube and
the business was doing well and with the
projection chart it was going to do
better and better each year so I didn't
really talk to anybody about my
questioning with RTC I just kind of kept
it in my head people were asking me you
know all the time but I was like I'm
gonna stay in there's something I want
to do and I made it this far already so
why not go ahead and stay in but on the
inside I was questioning and having a
battle with myself if I really wanted to
stay in and I was gonna see how the next
few years went or how the next year went
and if I happened to like X 3 or X 5 my
business growth then that's when I
probably was gonna make the decision to
stop RTC this is also the time which was
pretty pivotal for me is when I got the
car that I Drive now my new car is a
2015 RS Camaro and the reason that's so
just impactful for me is because I was
driving the same little Toyota Corolla
since high school
and just like how was what Fitness it
kind of in a way demotivated me because
I felt all the success but
I wanted to ask something to show from
that success so that's when I started
talking with my mom and that summer
after those message is when I got a new
car even though she told me to write out
my old car draw out college and get
another one after I graduated I still
didn't listen and I got a new one but
the reason I did too is because my
grades were very very good throughout
these two semesters and I stayed above a
3.0 GPA for this whole entire time
alright so year for 2017 to 2018 this
was a huge pivotal moment in my college
career and also within my future this is
when I decided to actually leave RCC and
that was through a discussion with my
parents with people who were close to me
I wrote out a big sheet of pros and cons
if I was to leave or stay and I
consulted with many many people and I
decided to leave it was the best option
for me and from what I want to do with
my future and where I see myself going
that's why I decided to leave RTC now
RTC was literally the biggest impact on
me throughout my time here one because
it helped me discover my passion for
fitness and Cal aesthetics which started
my youtube channel and from there I
learned a lot about myself and my
leadership and how I could be a leader
because like I said in high school I was
shy I was very reserved I never stepped
up to the plate when I needed to and
that all changed once I went through RTC
and my thought process was changed
because of that program so I really owe
it all to RTC for allowing me to get
where I'm at today and obviously VSU
provides a great Air Force ROTC program
for those looking to get into it now
throughout this time because I left RTC
my business was doing very very well
ad workout we had successful launches
and this is where also I launched
another project of mine in which I was
working on for over a year and I was
called the double dip bars and we
launched on Kickstarter
we had a great great run we hit our goal
within three days and it grossed over a
hundred thousand dollars within the
first few months so pretty much
throughout this time I kept my eye on
the prize which was graduation and I
just kept driving and kept pushing and
kept going well within my classes I was
maintaining my fitness of course and I
was doing still well with my youtube
channel I reached half a million
subscribers by this time and I was just
excited of where I was at in my life and
I was honestly so eager to just kind of
transport to the future and start living
the life without school and I kind of
caught a bit of senioritis because I've
been in school so long now I just ready
to graduate ready to leave but I know
that you got to finish how strong and
that's exactly what I did after four
long years I can finally say that I've
graduated with a bachelor's degree in
business management with a minor in
entrepreneurship
so I may look at it as a piece of paper
but I see it as a representation of my
evolution from a clueless teenager not
knowing what they wanted to do with
their life to now and educate a young
adult ready to live out their passion
and motivate others in the process I can
wholeheartedly say that without this
experience I wouldn't be where I'm at
today the relationships I built the
information I've learned the challenges
I faced have all been necessary for my
growth in conclusion I want to thank
everyone who has been a supportive and
positive role model for me these past
four years I wish you success on
wherever likely take you lastly most of
all I want to think about also State
University for unknowingly piven my way
to success thank you for changing my
life
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