If I Knew Then What I Know (Advice for Students)

"So, if you knew then what you know now, what piece of critical advice would you give to design students as they enter the 2004 Fall school year? This is a discussion board for designers who have been out of school for awhile. It's is your gift to the incoming class, so be wise, be truthful, believe."

Forum post on Core77 (industrial design) applicable to any design field and probably other fields as well.

Man.. if only I had seen this and paid attention when I was I was going to school. I think it would have helped, then again it would mean I knew what I was going to do and also I would have had to throw away my preconceived notions of what I should be doing rather than what I really wanted to do.