Your Interests Unlock Your Potential. Career Advice For Lost Teenagers

A personal message to every student feeling lost or pressured about their future. In this video, I share the advice I'm saving for my own son - about why following your genuine interests is the key to unlocking your potential. Whether you're struggling with choosing a degree, feeling disconnected from your current studies, or questioning your career path, this guidance comes from both personal experience and years of mentoring young professionals. Learn why being a "misfit" might be your greatest strength, and how to trust your interests even when facing pressure to follow a conventional path.

Watch this if you're:
- Unsure about your university degree choice or struggling to find your direction.
- Looking for honest career guidance as a students choosing your university degree.
- If you are a parent trying to talk to your kids about their school problems or career choices.

Some background on me for those interested, here is my much more detailed Startup Journey video. My Failed Startup TwoSpace that hit a $10M valuation before winding up after 6 years of success.

Enjoy the video!

⏰ Timestamps
0:00 My accidental success
1:40 High school. No rush to excellence.
2:31 What University Degree to pick?
5:47 Your Interest unlocks your potential
7:50 The moment of realisation

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👋 Tashi here, I am the Failed Founder of a $10M startup that translated his entrepreneurial skills into a Corporate Career at a Fortune 500 Tech & Property Company. I make videos on startups in a fun way that is easy to understand.

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[nataliehong]

Great advice. I never understood, how as a teenager straight out of high school, one is meant to know what to degree they should study.

[Deryk_td]

This would have been helpful to know back in the day - before I picked some random degree 😅

[AuthenticMarketer]

Good wisdom bro. I've shared this with my 15 yo niece who needs to make some decisions about what she wants to do for HSC and then uni. Any entrepreneur programs for teens that you can recommend?