My friend Kathy recently emailed asking me what 2 sentences of advice I would give young women graduating from college. Two? Only two? Which two should I choose? Which two would you offer?
If I could go back and do it all over again, here’s what I wish I’d known:
- Network diversely and religiously.
- Be interested to be interesting.
- Learn beyond your profession – the greatest innovations are born from the collision of two non-related ideas.
- Save as if you’ll never have a spouse.
- How you dress really does matter.
- Don’t do anything that you wouldn’t want your grandparents or your grandchildren to find out about.
- Remember that no matter how old a person appears, in her mind, she probably stopped aging in her 20s or 30s.
- Explore family history now. One day, it will be too late to ask all those questions.
- Only date people who practice the golden rule.
- Life is too short to work at a job you hate.
- Travel well and far – it will change your life.
- Start writing on the pages of history now to create the legacy you want to leave behind.
And a few I didn’t need to know but that I want my daughters to know:
- “Too many accessories” shouldn’t include the tattoos on your skin.
- Be cautious what you put online….What happens in cyberspace stays in cyberspace.
What advice would you add?
Out on a Limb 