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> [A career path is rarely a path at all. A more interesting life is usual a more crooked, winding path of missteps, luck and vigorous work. It is almost always a clumsy balance between the things you try to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-freston/a-career-path-is-rarely-a-path-at-all-a-more-interesting-life-is/)

[Tom Freston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-freston/)

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## More by Tom Freston

> [When I got fired, I had a feeling of loss because Viacom had been a passionate long-term relationship. But I got my balance back.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-freston/when-i-got-fired-i-had-a-feeling-of-loss-because-viacom-had-been-a/)

[Tom Freston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-freston/)

> [I measure success in terms of the connection with the audience, which we've been able to do in spades. I mean, it's very hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-freston/i-measure-success-in-terms-of-the-connection-with-the-audience-which/)

[Tom Freston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-freston/)

> [I always imagined myself somehow as an electron around some atom, and you're just, like, bouncing around and spinning. There was a never-ending supply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-freston/i-always-imagined-myself-somehow-as-an-electron-around-some-atom-and/)

[Tom Freston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-freston/)

> [I've never been fired in my life. From anything. I've never failed at anything I've tried.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-freston/i-ve-never-been-fired-in-my-life-from-anything-i-ve-never-failed-at/)

[Tom Freston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-freston/)

> [Travel early and travel often. Live abroad, if you can. Understand cultures other than your own. As your understanding of other cultures increases, your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-freston/travel-early-and-travel-often-live-abroad-if-you-can-understand/)

[Tom Freston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-freston/)

> [Travel is the best and probably cheapest graduate school you can buy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-freston/travel-is-the-best-and-probably-cheapest-graduate-school-you-can-buy/)

[Tom Freston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-freston/)

> [I have prevented my kids from watching MTV at home. It's not safe for kids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-freston/i-have-prevented-my-kids-from-watching-mtv-at-home-it-s-not-safe-for/)

[Tom Freston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-freston/)

> [Only true love can fuel the hard work that awaits you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-freston/only-true-love-can-fuel-the-hard-work-that-awaits-you/)

[Tom Freston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-freston/)

> [If you look at the Internet, it's been hard for a lot of the traditional media companies to launch viable brands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-freston/if-you-look-at-the-internet-it-s-been-hard-for-a-lot-of-the/)

[Tom Freston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-freston/)

> [I always hustled to make money and pay for school. I was never afraid of hard work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-freston/i-always-hustled-to-make-money-and-pay-for-school-i-was-never-afraid/)

[Tom Freston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-freston/)

> [I think online is a better platform. If you look at the metrics, if you look at the delivery system, if you look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-freston/i-think-online-is-a-better-platform-if-you-look-at-the-metrics-if-you/)

[Tom Freston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-freston/)

> [There's almost nothing that distracts you from your day-to-day problems more than a trip. You're totally consumed in the present, you've got new sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-freston/there-s-almost-nothing-that-distracts-you-from-your-day-to-day/)

[Tom Freston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-freston/)

> [We, as Americans, have so much to learn here. We have a shockingly low level of global awareness and familiarity and little idea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-freston/we-as-americans-have-so-much-to-learn-here-we-have-a-shockingly-low/)

[Tom Freston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-freston/)

> [Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-freston/innovation-is-taking-two-things-that-already-exist-and-putting-them/)

[Tom Freston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-freston/)

> [People often say that a bad event is a 'blessing in disguise.' Trust me, experience will teach you that some are unbelievably well disguised.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-freston/people-often-say-that-a-bad-event-is-a-blessing-in-disguise-trust-me/)

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