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Don't expect to get the right job first time around. Be prepared to change, whether that's after a few weeks or months or years. You will inevitably have acquired certain transferable skills, perhaps with computers, people or presentations, that you can always take with you into another line of work.

There is absolutely no stigma in changing targets, fields or careers. It has been the hallmark of very many accomplished people.

Our world is changing so rapidly that you can't predict the future or follow a blueprint of how to conduct your life, you have to be prepared to adapt, and to know how to adapt.

If you're bad at one set of things, then what talent is it that your brain is making room?

With each new experience you encounter, your propensities develop and so do your needs and aspirations. Which is why it's rarely if ever a question of deciding on one lifelong path, but rather a matter of learning how to honestly and thoroughly assess your present position, search out and weigh up the costs & benefits promised by alternative paths, and how to make changes when you want to.

First rule is: love what you're setting out to do. Second rule is: give yourself a time limit. Don't just bang your head against the wall 'till you're thirty; get on and do something else with your life. No one's a one trick wonder. Find or create another way forward for yourself.

Deploy your well-developed talents in another direction. Do you want to go past 25 years of age still drifting? I'm rich and famous by most people's measure, but believe me there are better things in life than gold & glory that are far more fundamental and really very 'plan-able' and very 'earn-able'. Don't let the mirages in the distance delude you.

A life tends to change direction much more quickly now than they ever have in the past. What you want to do now might not be what you want to do in five or even just two years time. So don't be afraid of making a new choice.

You only keep going and get really good at things if you enjoy them enough. So don't kid yourself or other people. Once you've given something a go, own up to how much you do or don't really like it.

Get as much hands-on experience as possible. People think success happens overnight, but really it takes several years. Don't put a time limit on what you are trying to achieve just as long as you feel strongly that it's worthwhile. Keep doing it while it's enjoyable, that should be your rule. Let the passion decide how long you'll continue.

What have you always enjoyed? Your answer might be a good vantage point from which to see new directions in life.

Master your craft in whatever walk of life. Regularly ask yourself if you're doing the right thing for yourself and for those you love dearly. Don't do things just because other people think it's a good idea.

There is a grave danger that if you undergo a miserable journey in the hopes that it will lead to better things, it may only lead to more or the same miserable journeys. There will always be 'tough days' or even awful weeks, but miserable months might be telling you something.

You'll only make the most of your life if you feel it really is your life 100% and you get to choose which direction it goes in and what roads it takes. Never lose sight of those things that are fundamentally important to you, and use them as landmarks to help you keep your bearings on route.