“Find out what you really want to do, and do it. Don’t conform to what you think you are supposed to do.”

My brother is five years older than me and has been the biggest mentor in my life. I spent the first 20 years of my life doing whatever he said and attempting to emulate him. Then, in a moment of vulnerability, he said this to me while discussing career and life plans. More than anything else he has said to me, this has been the most meaningful.