![]() And know that it’s better to be interested than interesting. And know that what you tweet and post and Instagram today might be asked about in a job interview tomorrow or 20 years from tomorrow. Ask for help when you need it, and put your phone away at the dinner table. Say thank you to people and actually really mean it. Oprah Winfrey at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism on May 11:Įat a good breakfast. ![]() Because if enough of you listen to that voice - if enough of you prove that this generation isn’t going to make the same mistakes as the one before - then doing the right thing won’t seem as rare, or as hard, or as special. Because more than ever we need people to be guided by their own senses of principle - and not the whims of a culture that prizes ambition, and sensationalism, and celebrity, and vulgarity, and doing whatever it takes to win. And I hope that in that moment you’ll be generous with yourself, but trust that inner voice. Where it will be totally unclear to you what the right thing is for you, for your family, for your community. No matter what you choose to do no matter what direction you go whether you’re a doctor treating refugees or a financier making money off of foreclosures - and I genuinely hope you don’t do that - you will face a moment in your career where you have absolutely no idea what to do. Journalist Ronan Farrow at Loyola Marymount University on May 5: ![]() Here are a few of their most notable pieces of advice: ‘Trust that inner voice’ Politicians, writers, athletes, celebrities and CEOs have all delivered words of wisdom to 2018 graduates in commencement speeches during the past few weeks.
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