Ian Myers

I would say, first of all, I was incredibly privileged to be able to just go to school to study literature because I like literature. I don't think a lot of people have that option. And so if you can do that, great. If you can't, which I think is most people, they're really thinking about what is going to pay my bills because college is so expensive.

I would say, first of all, I was incredibly privileged to be able to just go to school to study literature because I like literature. I don't think a lot of people have that option. And so if you can do that, great. If you can't, which I think is most people, they're really thinking about what is going to pay my bills because college is so expensive.

To your international listeners, they may not be familiar with this problem. It is a definitively United States issue that the expense of a four-year degree is close to a quarter of a million dollars. more. You're suddenly looking at this, okay, it's costing me $250,000 to go to college. I can't come out and be making something that pays me $30,000 a year, taking me 10 years to pay this back.

To your international listeners, they may not be familiar with this problem. It is a definitively United States issue that the expense of a four-year degree is close to a quarter of a million dollars. more. You're suddenly looking at this, okay, it's costing me $250,000 to go to college. I can't come out and be making something that pays me $30,000 a year, taking me 10 years to pay this back.

It's a uniquely US phenomenon. My advice to people is

It's a uniquely US phenomenon. My advice to people is

is this is a really uncertain time traditional career paths are broken people are not just going to a four-year degree and then going to work their way up at a company and getting a nice salary and buying a house and doing all the things that used to be the milestones of success and you shouldn't go into this with the expectation that is going to be true

is this is a really uncertain time traditional career paths are broken people are not just going to a four-year degree and then going to work their way up at a company and getting a nice salary and buying a house and doing all the things that used to be the milestones of success and you shouldn't go into this with the expectation that is going to be true

I also don't like to push people towards entrepreneurship. I think very few entrepreneurs succeed, and it can be a really damaging endeavor. It can cost people money. It can cost people relationships. It can cost people, most importantly, time. So I don't really recommend that people do that just carte blanche. What I would say is... Most importantly, don't be afraid of taking the wrong step.

I also don't like to push people towards entrepreneurship. I think very few entrepreneurs succeed, and it can be a really damaging endeavor. It can cost people money. It can cost people relationships. It can cost people, most importantly, time. So I don't really recommend that people do that just carte blanche. What I would say is... Most importantly, don't be afraid of taking the wrong step.

That's the thing I see most frequently in young people today. They get analysis paralysis and they look at the world and they're trying to plot their career out 10 moves ahead. And I will tell you that used to work. There used to be a framework where you could say, okay, I'm going to go to this college. I'm going to get this degree. I'm going to go to law school. I'm going to work at this firm.

That's the thing I see most frequently in young people today. They get analysis paralysis and they look at the world and they're trying to plot their career out 10 moves ahead. And I will tell you that used to work. There used to be a framework where you could say, okay, I'm going to go to this college. I'm going to get this degree. I'm going to go to law school. I'm going to work at this firm.

I'm going to achieve this. And if I just hit these milestones, I know what my life will be like. We live in an age of chaos and upheaval that is not anything familiar to any of us that are younger than 50 or 60 years old.

I'm going to achieve this. And if I just hit these milestones, I know what my life will be like. We live in an age of chaos and upheaval that is not anything familiar to any of us that are younger than 50 or 60 years old.

in these times you can't plot your course and so you shouldn't be afraid of making a wrong move you should call your instinct all what feels right and constantly be adjusting and recalculating for the things that are important to you in life and not the things that you think should be important to you or you're told are important to you

in these times you can't plot your course and so you shouldn't be afraid of making a wrong move you should call your instinct all what feels right and constantly be adjusting and recalculating for the things that are important to you in life and not the things that you think should be important to you or you're told are important to you

Because there might be moments in time where you feel like you made the wrong decision. You're at the wrong job. You took the wrong choice. But ultimately, a door might open as a result of that leads you to a place where you are very happy that wouldn't have opened if you hadn't made that quote unquote wrong choice. So keep moving forward.

Because there might be moments in time where you feel like you made the wrong decision. You're at the wrong job. You took the wrong choice. But ultimately, a door might open as a result of that leads you to a place where you are very happy that wouldn't have opened if you hadn't made that quote unquote wrong choice. So keep moving forward.

Don't let yourself be afraid of decisions and just push the envelope and keep recalibrating as you advance through your career.

Don't let yourself be afraid of decisions and just push the envelope and keep recalibrating as you advance through your career.