Honors Forum Week Twelve
Jeffery Reynolds headlined at the twelfth (day of Christmas) week of the Honors Forum talking about success in your career and how to maintain that success to the bittersweet end.
He spoke about how a lasting career is better than trying to adapt i.e. job hop along. The world is ever changing and you need to make sure the career you've chosen is a career the world is going to still need in the future.
The way you stay on top of this ever shifting sand of culture is by always learning. Never be satisfied with being wrong. Reynolds encouraged the forum to develop the attitude of a life-long learner never settling for ignorance. "Knowledge is half the battle" is a quote from my long time mentor Benjamin Burrows. I'll never forget that the pursuit of knowledge is the defeat of deception and ignorance. Ignorance is bliss, but knowledge is power.
One of Mr. Reynolds points I don't necessarily agree with, when he said to go into a career that makes a living. The world may not value your passion as much as you do, but you can still make your passion invaluable enough for people to pay you to do it. All you need is enough innovation to make your talents marketable. However, he is right; life is expensive and you should always plan on stability.