Victor (Vic) Strecher

I believe that

Students need to know who they are.

Meaning, what are their core values?

Explore their identity.

Is the identity that they're striving for, does that fit?

Almost like a suit.

Try the suit on, wear it for a while.

See whether that works for you.

Do you like being this person who wants to be wealthy?

Do you like being this person who wants to be generous?

Do you like this person who wants to be a healer?

Whatever.

Try those things on for a change.

find out what your core values are, what your identity is from those core values.

And from that, find out whether the strengths that you are trying to develop are the right strengths.

Because ultimately, I believe you will flourish

if your behaviors, if your profession, if your emotions all come from this root system, almost like a tree.

So if you start with the roots, as opposed to starting with the branches of the tree, like what career do you want to be involved in?

Well, the majority of people who are majoring in something 10 years later aren't doing that anymore.

So start with what you value the most in your life.