Think life like a business
Stage I - The startup At budding stage, you acquire the capital that you need and plan for the "business" you want to do by choosing the education / course of interest to you. If the course you graduate from is of hot demand, you will find yourself some very good offers. You are not afraid to try new things and fail. You want to see what works and what doesn't. Stage II - Stabilization and expansion At this stage, you already have the foundation for your "business". You start to acquire more skills, knowledge, network and experience relevant to expanding it and see its Net Asset Value grow. While doing so, you gotta watch and calculate your 'free cash flow' so that you can better plan for investments or save up for the rainy days. Operating cash flow would be your daily expenses and investments made. You could diversify your "business" by taking up courses and picking up skills that would allow you to side-track should your main "