Arel Moodie
Founder of the College Success Program
Brooklyn, NY USA
"You control your life, your life doesn't control you. And you control your thoughts, your thoughts do not control you."
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Arel's work combines: Entrepreneurship, Writing, and Communicating / Sharing Stories
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Advice for getting started
I went through a dark time in my teen years where the violence I had grown up around really got to me and I just wanted to end it all. The thought, "Not yet", immediately hit me and I eventually realized that what I was experiencing can't be forever and that there is more out there. I dedicated myself to not letting negative thoughts take control of me. I control my thoughts.
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Philosophy
SUNY at Binghamton
Bachelor's Degree
American Government and Politics (United States)
SUNY at Binghamton
Bachelor's Degree
Law
SUNY at Binghamton
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Poets, Lyricists & Creative Writers:
High School
Bachelor's Degree: Marketing/Marketing Management, General
Bachelor's Degree: Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
Grew up on welfare in the projects of Brooklyn, New York.
2.
He noticed that every family and community had that one person that had "made it out" and done something great.
3.
Made it his personal goal to be that person who would do something great so that his family and community would look up to him.
4.
When he was 16, the violence and darkness around him became too much; he went up on to a rooftop and considered suicide.
5.
He was suddenly struck by one thought: "Not yet."
6.
Says that your negative thoughts are much like lions behind glass at the zoo; they're there, but they won't hurt you unless you let them.
7.
His "secret to life" is: "Negative thoughts never go away, and it's not your job to make them go away-your job is to believe them less."
8.
Says that when life starts getting you down, finding positivity is as simple as watching a motivational YouTube video or reading a good book.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Myself:
It would be so much easier to feel nothing than to wake up and face the reality of my life again.
How I responded:
I went through a dark time in my teen years where the violence I had grown up around really got to me and I just wanted to end it all. The thought, "Not yet", immediately hit me and I eventually realized that what I was experiencing can't be forever and that there is more out there. I dedicated myself to not letting negative thoughts take control of me. I control my thoughts.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
I grew up on welfare for the first 17 years of my life.
I grew up in the projects experiencing gun violence and gangs. I've been robbed, beaten up, jumped, I've seen people get killed. At 16, I had a really low point and considered suicide.