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This is the trap of prestigious career paths. Instead of thinking about what you want to do with your life, you default to the options most admired by your peers.
Finally, be patient.
Eighth, experiment.
Ninth, commit.
The more we associate experience with cash value, the more we think that money is what we need to live. And the more we associate money with life, the more we convince ourselves that we’re too poor to buy our freedom. – Rolf Potts
That thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you is usually what you need to find, and finding it is a matter of getting lost.
“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”
In describing the power of the inner ring, C.S. Lewis warns that, ”unless you take measures to prevent it, this desire is going to be one of the chief motives of your life, from the first day on which you enter your profession until the day when you are too old to care.” He believed “any other kind of life, if you lead it, will be the result of con
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prestige is “a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy.”