Every time you need to answer a question, every time life throws you a challenge, ask yourself this questions. And if you are a man and a true gentleman this will guide you.
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Today I realised that I have been working continuously for 20 weeks. This might not seem like a lot but it is for me. 20 weeks of work at a big engineering corporation provides me with invaluable experiences, it allows me to master my game, to be my own gamemaster, an arbitrator, moderator and organiser. I am learning new things everyday, every minute spent at work is an experience, an experience which pushes me towards the dark alleys of the real world. As an engineering student I am still trying to figure out what I want to do when I graduate, which direction I am going to take. It’s a tough decision and strictly speaking once you enter a profession your exit options are pretty limited. Sure, being an entrepreneur is always an option, but once you have established yourself as an expert in a field, once you have dedicated 10 years of your life to a domain, it’s hard to change. And I see this all the time at work, people who are afraid of change because they don’t know what’s out there, because they have a family to support and a mortgage to pay. I don’t have any of that so I will play my game until I checkmate myself.
Single greatest article in the history of the modern internet: "Are You a Pirate?" 
Michael Arrington deserves a Pulitzer prize for this article. I don’t think I have ever read anything this good and inspirational yet so true.
Risk is what stops us from achieving great things and incubating ideas. This is why people with nothing to lose or no fear are often so successful. The right entrepreneurial mindset should be all about being fearless and risk management on the no-VC-will-ever-fund-my-idea-because-I-am-not-afraid-of-anything scale. Just stop for a second and think about Jason Fried, Tony Hsieh, Kevin Rose, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and especially Elon Musk. Read about what they did and how they started their businesses. There is a common ground between these people, the “I have nothing to lose” mindset.
As Josh Kopelman states - “Risk Tolerance is a Competitive Weapon”.
Keep looking, don’t settle. Do what you love. Stay Hungry, stay foolish.
Steve Jobs: How to live before you die.
