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So what word of advice do you have for
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some of these students who are now
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picking their future career path?
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>> And my advice to all of you guys is you
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are a CEO. The moment you graduate and
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you're looking for your job, think about
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yourself as a CEO. The CEO of you, your
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own professional services organization
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that you are going to sell to all these
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companies in your career who may
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technically employ you, but ultimately
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you're in control of your own set of
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services. So that leads to I think the
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penultimate point I would say is you're
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always learning. I'm reminded of the
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statue of Ben Franklin where he's
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sitting there on the bench right around
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the corner from the warden school and
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one of the things that he said long ago
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which still strikes me is the doorstep
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to the temple of wisdom is knowledge of
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our own ignorance. I know some things.
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I've been around for a long time but
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there's a lot I don't know and learning
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is something you got to constantly do.
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And then the final point would be don't
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be afraid to take risk but be thoughtful
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about it. Right? And so there will be
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some times when you can take financial
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risk and other times that you can't
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depending on your family situation. But
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one thing I would say do not risk and
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this goes back to the story of why I
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chose Circle is don't risk your
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integrity. Go to places that you're
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going to be proud that you work for and
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that ultimately want to do the right
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thing because that's the only thing you
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can take with you to the grave is your
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integrity.
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