If I’d be to go back in time, maybe 10 years or even longer, looking to meet someone that would give me great career and life advice, I wish they would just say:

here’s a link to what you need: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30&si=Ds00rOA8WHSyI3ZD

Those are Richard W. Hamming’s lectures on “Learning to Learn”. Each of them contains valuable advice. (Thanks @securitylectures for sharing that content).

Complementary to this is Hamming’s book - The Art of Doing Science and Engineering. In fact, the book is based on these lectures. This book is one of my favourite.

Thank you, Mr. Hamming!