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Skipping Step Zero

Skipping Step Zero

When you skip Step Zero, you end up on whatever default path is for people in your situation. You become a doctor because that’s what people in your family, ethnicity, or in-group do. You go to grad school because that’s what people with your academic background do

You are a follower, not having any space to decide what you really want to do.

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"Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning." - William Arthur Ward

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