>> I think that there comes a time in your life where you have
to be not afraid to fail at something.
Here, these days, I hear a lot of professors talking
about the parents that are giving them calls.
We call them helicopter dog bomber parents.
The parents that hover over their kids and don't want them
to fail a class or don't want them to miss.
And, you know, you almost expect that in elementary school.
You want them to stay away from them in middle school
and high school you certainly don't expect in college you certainly don't expect it.
Don't be afraid to fail.
You're going to fail at things in your life, and that's what you learn from.
That's what makes you stronger.
If you set yourself up not to fail at anything and you're so overly cautious
that every single thing you do doesn't allow you to make mistakes,
then you're only going to get so far.
You learn so much more sometimes by the mistakes that you make because that tells you
about your character, it tells you about what you're not going to do for the future,
and it tells you about the things that you value the most.
So my advice to any college student would be don't be afraid to fail.
Get your parents out of your life in the sense of, don't let them make your, your bed for you,
don't let them, you know, change your diaper.
It's time for you to grow up and live your life like that.
I really feel like, that a lot of students tend to hang on to that, to that mom
and dad situation for, you know, far to long.
I even saw it when I was in college, too, a little bit.
And you've got to enter life fearlessly and you've got to not be afraid to fail.