If you could go back in time, what’s one thing you’d tell yourself heading into your first job after college graduation?

I’d tell myself the value of financial literacy. I learned it late in my adulthood and wish I was as locked in about it then as I am now. Parents didn’t teach me a lot so I learned the hard way.

What advice would you give to yourself?

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Oh, I definitely agree on the financial literacy aspect. I also entered adulthood more or less oblivious to a lot of that. I'd also tell myself to pay more attention to networking. I had this altruistic idea that being good and a hard worker and all that was all you needed to succeed. But if you do good work and you don't show your face and make contacts and network your way around, you're just going to miss out on a lot.

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The networking bit is key. 90% of my career development has been from who I’ve known and the connections I’ve made.

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Compound interest

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Say it louder for the people in the back b

Invest invest invest

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STACK STACK STACK.

I’d have taken classes or workshops on financial literacy, too. I had the basics down, but the longterm planning took time for me to work out. I had someone able to guide me informally about 10 years out of college, and I would have loved to have had a 10-year jump and started much earlier.

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Same here. I wish I had a 10 year jump on where I am today.

I would say the same thing. Nobody taught me how to save money and we grew up very poor. I didn't realize the importance of saving for retirement and maxing out the amounts that my jobs were contributing. I should have started saving way sooner than now.

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Right there with you. It’s amazing how this isn’t taught in schools, but in reality it’s done that way intentionally.

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