If you are succesfull for 20 years, you can't expect to stay on the same level all through that period. A career has its ups and downs and in-betweens.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My life is not very different from what it was 20 years ago. In fact, my career hasn't changed much since I was 22.
In the long run, your human capital is your main base of competition. Your leading indicator of where you're going to be 20 years from now is how well you're doing in your education system.
The peak of a career can only last so long. You go up and you try to maintain it. But, it can only last so long and then you're going to go down.
My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.
If you've been working since you were a teenager and working at a reasonably decent level, then you don't expect that you're going to be firmly in your 40s and start moving up in the world, if you like.
I guess after you've been doing something for 20 plus years, you have to work to stay interested.
It's not easy to sustain a long career, and sometimes I don't even think about how long I've been doing it.
Do you want to continue being great at being in your twenties, or do you want to step up and graduate into adulthood?
I think it's really important to remember that it's a long life, and it's a long career. In a perfect world, your career will be long. It does not begin and end with any one job. The point is to continue to have longevity in your career.
To be still standing 20 years in this business is a great feeling, I can't even tell you.