ESTRAGON: Charming spot. Inspiring prospects. Let’s go. VLADIMIR: We can’t. ESTRAGON: Why not? VLADIMIR: We’re waiting for Godot. SAMUEL BECKETT, WAITING FOR GODOT Who never arrives. So is it such a terrible thing that the vast majority of us settle for what comes along rather than making a career plan and sticking with it? And how do you get to decide what career you might excel at anyway? Most parents and teachers reading this are not going to like my answer. It’s this: none of it matters a damn if you want to get rich. This is not to say that ‘the Search’ is not important to young people.
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