Dr. Abraham George
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You pick your path, and then here are the five next steps and pitfalls to avoid. And it's a work plan for success. pushing that path forward.
You pick your path, and then here are the five next steps and pitfalls to avoid. And it's a work plan for success. pushing that path forward.
You pick your path, and then here are the five next steps and pitfalls to avoid. And it's a work plan for success. pushing that path forward.
What I'm finding is college students, even the early ones, so freshmen and sophomores, freshmen, you don't put an S on that word, freshmen and sophomores, 18, 19, 20 year olds, they're absolutely wrestling a lot with what am I going to do with my life? Am I going to not enjoy what I'm doing? How can I find something that I love? How do I figure out what I love?
What I'm finding is college students, even the early ones, so freshmen and sophomores, freshmen, you don't put an S on that word, freshmen and sophomores, 18, 19, 20 year olds, they're absolutely wrestling a lot with what am I going to do with my life? Am I going to not enjoy what I'm doing? How can I find something that I love? How do I figure out what I love?
What I'm finding is college students, even the early ones, so freshmen and sophomores, freshmen, you don't put an S on that word, freshmen and sophomores, 18, 19, 20 year olds, they're absolutely wrestling a lot with what am I going to do with my life? Am I going to not enjoy what I'm doing? How can I find something that I love? How do I figure out what I love?
They're wrestling with this topic a lot. And so my talk, which I just did an hour ago, is I summarize the book in 35 minutes. And then everybody does my little pick your path tool online. It takes five minutes and they pick their path and we talk about the next steps. And so it's really resonating because they are wrestling with this topic and they're wrestling with it a lot.
They're wrestling with this topic a lot. And so my talk, which I just did an hour ago, is I summarize the book in 35 minutes. And then everybody does my little pick your path tool online. It takes five minutes and they pick their path and we talk about the next steps. And so it's really resonating because they are wrestling with this topic and they're wrestling with it a lot.
They're wrestling with this topic a lot. And so my talk, which I just did an hour ago, is I summarize the book in 35 minutes. And then everybody does my little pick your path tool online. It takes five minutes and they pick their path and we talk about the next steps. And so it's really resonating because they are wrestling with this topic and they're wrestling with it a lot.
I gave the talk at Texas A&M University a couple of weeks ago. And there's about 100 kids, I shouldn't say kids, young people in the room. And the professor started with, how many of you are worried about your career? 100% of the hands. How many of you are worried that you're going to find yourself five or 10 years from now at a job thinking, oh, God, I really don't like what I'm doing?
I gave the talk at Texas A&M University a couple of weeks ago. And there's about 100 kids, I shouldn't say kids, young people in the room. And the professor started with, how many of you are worried about your career? 100% of the hands. How many of you are worried that you're going to find yourself five or 10 years from now at a job thinking, oh, God, I really don't like what I'm doing?
I gave the talk at Texas A&M University a couple of weeks ago. And there's about 100 kids, I shouldn't say kids, young people in the room. And the professor started with, how many of you are worried about your career? 100% of the hands. How many of you are worried that you're going to find yourself five or 10 years from now at a job thinking, oh, God, I really don't like what I'm doing?
100% of them, right? So they're absolutely worried about this stuff. That's why the book and the talk are resonating so much.
100% of them, right? So they're absolutely worried about this stuff. That's why the book and the talk are resonating so much.
100% of them, right? So they're absolutely worried about this stuff. That's why the book and the talk are resonating so much.
I would say, one, get real clear on how much money you need to give the passion project to go. And two, I very strongly believe that you can start building out a passion business while working in the real world at the same time. That's what I did. And so I would keep working. I would dabble in the passion business, write the business plan, take the steps that you can take.
I would say, one, get real clear on how much money you need to give the passion project to go. And two, I very strongly believe that you can start building out a passion business while working in the real world at the same time. That's what I did. And so I would keep working. I would dabble in the passion business, write the business plan, take the steps that you can take.
I would say, one, get real clear on how much money you need to give the passion project to go. And two, I very strongly believe that you can start building out a passion business while working in the real world at the same time. That's what I did. And so I would keep working. I would dabble in the passion business, write the business plan, take the steps that you can take.
get to the number you need to give it a go and then even if you can direct your real world career in a way that enables you to learn capabilities that are going to help you on the passion project it's a standard balance path it's just it's slower because you lost half your money
get to the number you need to give it a go and then even if you can direct your real world career in a way that enables you to learn capabilities that are going to help you on the passion project it's a standard balance path it's just it's slower because you lost half your money