Career

The real world doesn't reward rule followers the way the educational world does and the real world is not always merit-based. The institutions and organizations we yield to and trust in to support our success, whether they be employers or government, are flawed.

Looking back at my ambition to become a lawyer, it looks less like a plan for the future and more like an alibi for the present.

You're about to embark on careers that will take many of you to companies not yet founded, using devices not yet developed, based on ideas not yet conceived. That is how fast things are moving.

Don't be so focused in your plans that you are unwilling to consider the unexpected. The most exciting parts of your life aren't even on your radar screen.

Avoid a life plan. You cannot imagine what will be invented in the future. You cannot imagine the opportunities that will be presented. A life plan will limit your future. Instead, spend your time developing a life philosophy.

Don't build your life around the expectations of others.

Don't always go through the tiny little door that everyone's trying to rush through. Maybe go around the corner and go through the vast gate that no one's taking.

Rejection might sting, but my feeling is that it often has very little to do with you.

Rejection might sting, but my feeling is that it often has very little to do with you.

Make your decisions in life based on love instead of fear. Let money be the byproduct of following your passion.

Passion, not profit, should always be your guide.

The road to success is a long, winding road that is littered with wreckages of promising careers that crashed and burned. It's not a pretty thing to see talent wasted, it's even sadder to waste it yourself.