Even in my own life this played out. After college, my goal was to be hired as a pilot by a major airline ASAP. As luck/fate would have it, a friend’s Dad happened to be the Chief Pilot for the airline I most wanted to fly for. Many years later I’m still there, and have enjoyed every minute of the ride.
Personally, I think many young people (and parents) today are being sold a bogus promise that education in, and of itself, will automatically lead their children to the life of their dreams, and, as we’ve seen with many of our kids friends, that has not played out in real life.
We’ve seen many disappointed young people of late– who thought life came with a guarantee–because everyone around them told them it did. Apart from education, our kids knew we would help them with connections, and, as you and I both mentioned, that element has turned out to be the most valuable resource of all.
It was even a major factor with regard to my daughter getting into med school, and my other kids would, most likely, never have become execs in the film business without my wife’s connections.
