>> Something I always tell students when I talk about my own career path is
that you can't plan things in a linear fashion.
And it's really hard to say I'm going to take X-cept to Y-cept and that will lead to Z,
because 99.9 percent of the time, it's just not going to happen like that.
And if you keep focus on that linear path and don't look at all the potential opportunities
that are coming at you from the angles,
you might miss out on something that was truly great.
And so, my general advice to students is to find something they're passionate about
and follow it, and be open to a wide range of possibilities.
Cast a wide net.
Don't focus on finding the perfect, because you may not know what the perfect is.
I don't know what the perfect is.
I don't know what I want to do when I grow up.
I don't know what's next for me.
But being willing to take those steps, to know that this is something that's interesting to me.
I may not want to do it for the rest of my life,
but it may lead to something different or interesting.
Or it may lead who knows what direction.
But that sort of step-by-step process.
Following your heart.
Knowing what you're passionate about.
Doing what you're interested in.
I mean, to me, those are the things that really lead to success.
Whatever that maybe.