Commencement Speech: Ditch the 'Drifting,' Chart Your Course
2025-05-23
A commencement speech recounts the speaker's post-graduation uncertainty and eventual pathfinding. Graduates are categorized: those with plans, the apathetic, and those wanting plans but lacking them. The speech focuses on helping the last group. Graduation is framed as a pivotal point, no longer following 'train tracks,' but allowing free direction. It encourages active networking, finding interesting people and work, and overcoming fear of rejection to pursue ambitious goals, even if initial ideas seem flawed.
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