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No doubt graduates will receive plenty of advice during commencement exercises and at their grad parties afterward.
My hope is that it does not go in one ear and out the other. In other words, put down the cell phone and listen.
While there are many things a gradute will be told, here are some good points worth considering.
1. If you don't know what you want to do, at least know what you don't want to do.
2. Do what interests you.
3. There's no there, there...There is here. It's in you...right now.
4. Life is short, but, actually might go on for a long time, so you'd better become good at something.
5. Enthusiasm and desire. While you're on the job and in everything you do in life...give it everything you have.
6. Challenge the orthodoxy. Just because it's been done a certain way for eons doesn't mean it's the best way of getting it done.
7. Help people to help yourself.
8. You must continue to evolve in your thinking and in your views on life. You must continue to learn. Surround yourself with bright, positive people. Be open.
Need more? Try these.
1. Grow your self confidence and move quickly to repair it when it is damaged by setbacks.
2. Continue to grow intellectually and listen to the little alarm inside you that sounds when stagnation or boredom or becoming a know-it-all begin to creep up.
3. Tackle the toughest jobs and challenges.
4. Understand the difference between process and purpose and never begin a day without being able to articulate that purpose.
5. Know yourself, particularly your weaknesses and don't let a day pass without moving towards eliminating them.
6. Understand that whatever else may fail you... your personal integrity is always in your own hands and can never be taken from you.
7. If you want to play a game, go to where it's played and find a way to get in. Things happen when you get in the game.
One more....Believe in yourself.
Congratulations graduates.