The Letter of Failure
Hi all fresh-graduates,
When I was a kid, I was bred with the motto - all roads lead to Rome. Whenever I had a tough time making choices, coming to a fork in the road, my parents always told me, “whatever decision you’re going to make, it will turn out OK.” This is true. No matter which subject matter we are talking about, the road to success has thousands of different routes.
For over a decade, I have been wanting to be an English writer. I needed to make a choice between American English and British English. Either way, I could succeed. There is no right or wrong answer to appeal to whatever language system I enjoy using. Your choice made in any circumstances is the same, as long as it doesn’t harm anyone. I love Hip Hop and Eminem. Both of them are from Detroit; I love Bruce Lee and martial art. He was a Chinese and used to study in the States. So I went for American English. That was my CHOICE.
The beauty of being 20ish is you have more than enough time, you could do absolutely anything you want. You can realize whatever surreal dream in your lifetime. Have you ever talked to a person about your dream? You might want to be a billionaire like Bill Gates, or a country President like Xi Jingping, or a nameless employee in a gigantic corporation.
Whoever you want to be, this is your CHOICE.
The choice is yours; The dream is yours. Before joining the society, hitting the road for at least 40 years, you should go to the career counselor office to look for advice and ask,
“What should I do?”
“Who do I want to become?”
You own your life; no one else does.
These are the questions I’ve asked myself a thousand times but ended up with unwise answers all along. I had made numerous mistakes. Finally, I got it. I made steady progress in the last 3 years and worked my way up from a Copywriter to a Senior Copywriter to an Assistant Project Manager in a fast-growing company with 200+ employees.
From the point of view of mediocrity, I fell into this category. I wanted to stand out from the crowd, but I have been doing the exact same wrong thing as what everyone does. In other words, if you’re able to avoid all the mistakes I’ve made, you’ll get ahead of your classmates for at least 3 years. So, buckle up. Welcome to my private jet to failures. :-)
Sincerely,
Aero Wong
Read the next chapter: Quit
Or table of contents: The Game