A speech must read for everyone

There are few articles / speeches which are must read for everyone especially youngsters. The one which will be shared below is the one which i will ask my child to read it without fail.

Some Thoughts On The Real World By One Who Glimpsed it and Fled by Bill Watterson ( Calvins and Hobbes) delivered on May 20, 1990 as part of Kenyon College Commencement.

Key takeaways from the speech:

• Experience is food for the brain.
• It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves.
• Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.
• A REAL job is a job you hate.
• It was a rude shock to see just how empty and robotic life can be when you don't care about what you're doing, and the only reason you're there is to pay the bills.
• The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
• Drawing comic strips for five years without pay drove home the point that the fun of cartooning wasn't in the money; it was in the work.
• Like many people, I found that what I was chasing wasn't what I caught.
• My pride in craft would be sacrificed to the efficiency of mass production and the work of assistants. Authorship would become committee decision. Creativity would become work for pay. Art would turn into commerce. In short, money was supposed to supply all the meaning I'd need.
• Such is American business, I guess, where the desire for obscene profit mutes any discussion of conscience.
• We define ourselves by our actions. With each decision, we tell ourselves and the world who we are.
• But having an enviable career is one thing, and being a happy person is another.
• Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement.
• To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble.
• Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask yourself questions about what makes life truthful, purposeful, meaningful, and redeeming, you have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it's going to come in handy all the time.

Speech by Bill Watterson is worth reading many times. For the full speech please visit the below link,

Link: Some Thoughts on the Real Wolrd

Source for the article : Anshul Khare (Thanks a ton)