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Santiago Reveals He Dropped Out of College After One Semester Without a Plan

Modern Wisdom · The Art of Unstoppable Self-Belief - Joe Santagato - #1108 · June 8, 2026
Santiago Reveals He Dropped Out of College After One Semester Without a Plan
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The Art of Unstoppable Self-Belief - Joe Santagato - #1108
"I went to a community college. I did a semester there and it was very hard for me because I just felt so strongly that it wasn't for me. Something in me was like, I can't go back. Like, I can't. And I don't have a plan. I was making some YouTube videos, but they were amounting to nothing really."
Joe Santiago confessed he dropped out of Queensborough Community College after one semester in 2011, driven by an inexplicable internal conviction despite having no career prospects, no plan, and YouTube videos generating no income. At the time, the influencer economy didn't exist, yet he felt physically unable to return to campus, sitting in his car unable to walk in. This early gamble on intuition over security became foundational to his philosophy of following passion without direction.
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