Career Advice for Young People: Aligning Skills, Knowledge, and Desires

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

During our conversation, we discuss various topics such as the influence of parents on career choices, the importance of aligning skills, knowledge, and desires with job opportunities. Additionally, I talk about the practical life skills that I believe should be included in the education system for young people. I also share my goal of helping over a billion people with happiness and the significance of finding the light, love, and lessons in setbacks and mistakes. I encourage people to live in a value-add world and to ask for help when needed.

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0:00.0	This is the Labour.
0:06.0	Well Dave, thank you so much for coming on the podcast.
0:08.0	Very grateful for your time.
0:09.0	Well thank you for coming here and doing the podcast.
0:11.0	It's a lot of fun to have friends visit I see here,
0:14.0	so thanks for doing it.
0:15.0	Yeah, so, you know, James Whitaker introduced me to you.
0:18.0	He's an awesome guy.
0:19.0	So this podcast is all about people in their 20s,
0:21.0	kind of navigating their career and whatnot.
0:23.0	And we've got about 15 to 20 minutes,
0:25.0	so we'll keep it short and sweet.
0:27.0	But my first question is always,
0:28.0	what did you do after high school?
0:29.0	What was going on in your head with your parents
0:31.0	and what would people tell you to do?
0:32.0	What was that process like for you?
0:34.0	Yeah, for me, I wanted to be rich.
0:36.0	Yeah, so I was looking at what I was taught by my mom
0:40.0	who's an educator.
0:41.0	We had six kids, single mom, we're two jobs.
0:44.0	Right.
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