Don't Play It Safe, Go For What You Want

Opportunity is something that is easily missed. Those of us over the age of 30 should know this all too well. If you ask us what is our single biggest regret, our answer would be: we regret what might have been. All too often, we were persuaded to take the 'safer' option for our career, which seemed like the good idea at the time. We gave up our dreams, in favour of a stead pay check. But then quite a few years later, as this classic Star Trek clip shows (see video), this is what can happen.

That is why, no matter how uncertain a career path or industry may be, today's students MUST be given the chance to pursue the career of their choice. No job is for life, and you only live once. We must make sure that students of all professions are given the chance not to play it safe, but to go for what they really want.