What You'll Wish You'd Known
BlogPaul GrahamJun 14, 2005
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PG's high school graduation speech that he was never allowed to give. Don't try to figure out what to do with your life. Try to be good at things, and notice problems. Adults often give bad advice ('follow your passion') because they confuse outputs with inputs.
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January 2005 _(I wrote this talk for a high school. I never actually gave it, because the school authorities vetoed the plan to invite me.)_ When I said I was speaking at a high school, my friends were curious. What will you say to high school students? So I asked them, what do you wish someone had…
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