Q the last, you know, 16 years, because I studied in high school before I went to college, and it's been very helpful in not only understanding myself, but every person I come in contact with, all of my friends, my family, lovers, Colleagues, bosses, parents, kids, you know, I ended up actually in education for a few years in China. So, how has psychology specifically benefited you in that regard?
A Oh my gosh. A conversation for another day is, um, how not beneficial and how just messed up our higher education system is in the United States in general. Again, we could talk about that another day, but one of the reasons I bring that up is, you know, there are so many Americans that get a degree in something that they will never actually use in their professional career. Or they got that chemistry degree or that biology degree to then go on to eight, 10, 12 more years of schooling, residency, on and on and on in order to finally become that doctor, but have crippling debt. Um, psychology, I actually believe is one of those degrees that you can do so much with, because ultimately in order to do well in life, You need to be able to get along with other people. You know, that may not be true for every single job. Blanket statement here. I know plenty of accountants that like sitting behind a computer screen or website developers that like sitting behind a computer screen. And part of what they love about that job is kind of the anonymity of not having to interface with a customer or a client or another human all day, every day. But if you are someone that is in A sales role, a client facing role, a professional services role, and a doctor, a therapist, and on and on and on. You need to interact with people and the best way to interact with people and not go crazy yourself is t…
AI assessment note: “psychology, I actually believe is one of those degrees that you can do so much with”