DailyDirt: Graduation Advice To Remember

Say That Again

from the urls-we-dig-up dept

Maybe you remember your graduation. Maybe you don’t. If you were lucky, you graduated college and knew exactly what you wanted to do. You had a job all lined up, and when asked about your plans, you could avoid saying anything along the lines of:

I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don’t want to do that.

Here are just a few more pithy words for recent graduates. (PS. Congratulations!)

• Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin & Hobbes, spoke publicly at his alma mater for graduation. “The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive. At that time, we turn around and say, yes, this is obviously where I was going all along. It’s a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you’ll probably take a few.” [url]
• Everyone should pursue their passion, right? But what if you don’t know what your passion is? Economist Tyler Cowen tried to respond to this question, but Cowen admitted he was stumped on how to pick a particular career path. [url]
• The world’s first commencement speech via Twitter was just 20 tweets long. If you thought that a 140 character limit might deliver more profound or sage advice, tweet #12 is “Never tweet pictures of yourself in underwear…” nuff said? [url]

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Filed Under: advice, bill watterson, college, commencement, graduation, passion, speeches, tyler cowen