A speaker warns against conformity and societal pressure to chase money and fame. They argue you must define your own path, articulate what you want, and surround yourself with people who respect who you actually are, not who they want you to become.
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I'm just going to conclude. That's why I love VR. That's why I love animation. But the real theme of the entire piece is to not allow anyone to ever bucket you into any category, that you can absolutely define your own path. Every single step of the way, people are trying to tell me, even at Pixar, every step of the way, people want you to be one thing or another. You just refuse to do that. And you say what it is that you want. And the people around you who respect you will help you get what it is that you want. But you have to say that you want it. Because you all have much more potential than you realize. And as you grow older, you're still young and idealistic, which is great, and keep that. But there is this tendency for society to try to get you to conform to societal values of money, fame, fortune, beauty. Just resist that and remember who you are today, because this is the version of yourself and the idealism that you want to keep, especially if you want to start something new.