Advice to Ambitious Young People: Just Build Something! | by Zak Slayback | On Breaking the Mold | Medium

“I’m an ambitious young person who wants to always be moving forward in my education and career. What should I be doing?” Building something. The best thing that an ambitious young person can do at age 18, 19, or 20 is to be building something. They should be spending as much of their free time as possible actively contributing to a tangible, real project that is completely outside of the school setting. Actively building something is the best thing ambitious young people can do for their personal and professional development. It makes them better people, sets them up for better career opportunities, and sets in process the long and worthwhile goal of becoming creators who are motivated by their own desire to control their lives — not simply by resume padding or job offers from major corporations. “But I just spent the past couple of years building up my personal accomplishments and resume so that I could get more opportunities…how is your advice any different?” If you were like me whe

“I’m an ambitious young person who wants to always be moving forward in my education and career. What should I be doing?” Building something. The best thing that an ambitious young person can do at age 18, 19, or 20 is to be building something. They should be spending as much of their free time as possible actively contributing to a tangible, real project that is completely outside of the school setting. Actively building something is the best thing ambitious young people can do for their personal and professional development. It makes them better people, sets them up for better career opportu