We go to school primarily to learn how to be good workers, not good thinkers. The greatest producers don’t labor or merely take orders. They learn, and they think about what they’re learning. They organize their thoughts, and they peek behind the curtain and reveal what they’ve found.

If you want to be different and be more than a cog in a wheel, you need to think differently from most. Explore your interests, read widely, engage in thought-provoking conversations, question assumptions, connect ideas, and learn from failures.