When it Comes to Your Dreams Sometimes the Best Advice is to Ignore Everything Your Parents Told You
When Robin Williams told his father about his desire to become an actor, his dad advised him to study welding — “just in case.” My own parents urged me to become a teacher, but it wasn’t because they noticed the early signs of a gifted educator. My parents’ dreams for me were far more practical. Going into teaching was a Plan B — in case something happened to my future husband, I’d have something to “fall back on.”
Most of the time my parents did get it right. But everything I learned about achieving career bliss I learned by actually ignoring my well-meaning but cautious parents. That’s because, if you aspire to find work that you truly love, some of what your parents taught you could actually work against you.
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