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Originally Posted by Realtor 1
If you live life based on this guys speech, you might as well just settle for "average" for your entire life.
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I agree that you should aspire for greatness in whatever you do.
I think a lot of his speech is an attempt show these kids that in the 'real world' you're not as special as people have been telling you all your life. You're a resume in a pile. You're one of a hundred people in an audition. For the majority of people, nothing is going to be handed to you and you have to work hard to achieve your goals.
From what I hear from my wife and other teachers I know, a lot of kids have unrealistic expectations for their career paths/salary/celebrity and aren't prepared for the hard work it takes for most people to achieve those goals.