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Tony Robbins, Richard Branson, and 28 other successful people share their best career advice for people in their 20s

Published by Business Insider on Wed, 17 Aug 2016


If clichs like "Follow your passion," "Give 110%," and "Be true to yourself" just aren't cutting it for you, then we've got some fresh takes on how to get a head start on your career.From "Don't work too hard" to"Relax," here's some ofthe bestand often unconventionaladvice for you from some really successful people:SEE ALSO:A bestselling author calls this popular career advice 'poisonous'DON'T MISS:16 things successful 20-somethings do in their spare timeRichard Branson: Never look back in regret ' move on to the next thingRichard Branson's mother taught him that."The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures, rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me," the Virgin Group founder and chairman toldThe Good Entrepreneur."I have fun running ALL the Virgin businesses so a setback is never a bad experience, just a learning curve."Sheryl Sandberg: There is no straight path to where you are going"As Pattie Sellers of Fortune Magazine says, careers are not ladders but jungle gyms," the Facebook COO wrote on Quora. "You don't have to have it all figured out."Sheryl Sandbergrecommends having a long-term, abstract dream to work toward in addition to a more concrete 18-month plan. The long-term plan allows you to dream big while the short-term plan forces you to push yourself and think about how you want to get better over the next year and a half."Ask yourself how you can improve and what you're afraid to do," she said, adding "that's usually the thing you should try."Warren Buffett: Exercise humility and restraintIn a 2010interview withYahoo,Berkshire Hathawaychairman and CEOWarren Buffett saidthatthe best advice he ever received was from Berkshire Hathaway board of directors member Thomas Murphy. He told Buffett:Never forget Warren, you can tell a guy to go to hell tomorrow you don't give up the right. Sojust keep your mouth shut today, and see if you feel the same way tomorrow.During this year's Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting,Buffett also told a curious seventh-grader that the key to making friends and getting along with coworkers islearning to change your behavior as you mature by emulating those you admire and adopting the qualities they possess.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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