
Seth Harris
Attorney & 11th United States Deputy Secretary of Labor
“There is real value in doing hard things to remind yourself that you can.”
“There is real value in doing hard things to remind yourself that you can.”
Attorney & 11th United States Deputy Secretary of Labor
I'm an attorney, business advisor, visiting professor, and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor.
Here's the first step for college students
The days of going to college and then working the same job for the next 40 years are largely gone. If you have the economic ability to choose to do something you're passionate about after college, do that for a while and see how it goes. Remember that it doesn't have to be what you do for the rest of your life. Find mentors who have been in that field or industry to counsel you. Take their advice if it makes sense to you. The most important thing is that it needs to feel authentic to you.
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