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David Asquith's avatar

Hi Joanna. It’s great to hear that they were sufficiently self-confident to ask, and you must have come across to them as approachable and worth asking. No easy answers of course and there isn’t a ‘one size fits all’ list. For teenagers it’s time they got to know themselves - what kind of personality, what are their main skills and abilities. Your point about having a sense of direction rather than a plan is spot on. there’s also the old adage, it ain’t what you know it’s who you know. Build your network and keep working at it. When it comes to particular careers or jobs they should ask themselves whether they enjoy it, are they good at it and does it pay a living? Families - for men, marry a younger woman; for women, start having your children before you’re thirty and still have the energy to bring them up. And ensure you have some years of freedom in middle age.

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John Guthrie's avatar

Excellent advice.

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