My kid’s intended major changed several times even before attending one class at the school he’s going. This is why for our kid, it was important to go to a school which had strong programs across the board.
Some great posts here. Yes, ambition plays a big part in where you end up, but that’s not to say Steve Jobs was a happier person than you or me. I met billionaires, millionaires, CEOs, Presidents and relatively poor people in my line of work and they all have problems. This observation influenced many of my own decisions.
An ability to find small happiness and laugh at yourself are very much unspoken qualities of happiness.