One year after set­ting his per­sonal goals Char­lie Hoehn takes a look back at his achieve­ments and offers some fan­tas­tic advice:

Your friends who don’t care or are stu­pid will use Mon­ster, Career­Builder, and Craigslist (I was one of these stu­pid peo­ple for a few weeks). They will com­pete with hun­dreds of peo­ple for mediocre jobs that they won’t get. There will be excep­tions to this rule, of course, but not many. Your smarter friends will search for jobs through their net­work (e.g. a friend’s dad, their cousin’s for­mer boss, etc.). Your smartest friends will travel. The ambi­tious will start their own company.

You don’t have to walk down the path that every­one else takes. If you haven’t real­ized it by now, there is no such thing as job secu­rity. You’re fool­ing your­self if you think a steady pay­check will ensure a safe future. The only real form of secu­rity is work­ing on yourself.

There’s more great advice in the post—especially for those who are soon to grad­u­ate. This is the type of advice I wished I had read three years ago.