Make good friends. Hang around smart intelligent educated 'moral' people. Form networks - these networks matter to get jobs, etc. Remember, 90% of the good things you get in life (jobs, stock tips, hot dates) will be informally, via your network of friends/colleagues.
On my first day of high school, my dad gave me a priceless piece of advice: Don't be friends with people just because they're available and easy to be friends with. Seek out the people worth befriending, and become their friend no matter how hard it is.
I didn't really understand him at the time, but 15 years later it strikes me as one of the most valuable things anyone has ever told me.
On my first day of high school, my dad gave me a priceless piece of advice: Don't be friends with people just because they're available and easy to be friends with. Seek out the people worth befriending, and become their friend no matter how hard it is.
I didn't really understand him at the time, but 15 years later it strikes me as one of the most valuable things anyone has ever told me.