1:09 Intro 1:09 Mr. Q being Alec’s first and only Latino professor in college — what does that say about where we need to go as a country, state, community? 3:03 Mr. Q’s legal expertise in helping people create businesses and plan estates; Moving from working with the family business to discovering his passion for teaching 8:19 What’s important to know for someone trying to find what their meant to do?Difficulty of being young & not knowingImplications of school systems making kids specialize as early as 12 years old 15:38 Find what you’re good at & enjoy, makes you money, and what makes the world a better place — imagine a Venn diagram 16:16 The daunting decision 18 year olds are tasked with — what do I want to do with my studies and my life17:30 Process of elimination and looking at intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation to aid decision making 18:10 Is there a problem with the education system steering kids towards specializing and pigeon-holing themselves into a specific career path as early as age 12?21:32 Mr. Q’s perspective on how coming from places of privilege/ financial stability allow certain parents to tell their kids to go pursue happiness and passion 24:04 The utility and power of seeing different perspectives and being empathetic towards multiple 25:28 The world isn’t just black and white — there’s plenty of grey area. Why it’s important to ask what’s around the corner 28:29 The importance of unity as human beings despite differences in perspectives and belief systems 30:15 The toughest things Mr. Q teaches with regards to ethics and morality in his business law teachingsLoyalty vs honestyWalking through everythingShitty answers vs a shitty answers“The best answer is rarely the easiest answer” 38:51 The effects of GroupThink, Conformity Bias, and Self-Confirmation BiasBenefits to thinking for yourself 44:23 The 50s-70s responding to hippie culture by saying “no everything exists within this strict box”; Boxed in ideology and the flaws of this way of thinkingThe benefits of putting ideas/ beliefs through analysis 45:40 Gone Baby Gone’s ethical dilemma: 2 tough decisions making us question where we draw the line in society on certain issues and who gets to make those choices50:45 The importance of recognizing that our way of life isn’t the only way of life; Dangers of saying that “my world view should be someone else’s reality” 52:00 The slippery slope of making bad choices = “Incrementalism” 53:00 Alec’s journey of walking through the perspective of pessimism/ baggage and coming back to his belief in resiliency and optimism, how putting his ideology through the gauntlet yielded more confidence in his original belief than priorWe must think of issues at an individual level AND at a macro level 58:21 What is law school really like 1:09:12 Dallas vs Austin 1:12:35 Characteristics of a good lawyerIntegrity on integrity on integrity 1:14:35 Mr. Q’s 3 biggest motivators in life Podcast info:Podcast website: https://smartalecshow.comRSS feed: feed:https://feeds.simplecast.com/ngBH2BfMSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/634MOIW582k2STgC06Rvl9?si=Zr4Fmx2nR6mqaeWNpFCfQQ&dl_branch=1Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-smart-alec-show/id1577614268Amazon Music & Audible: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/96993c84-1664-4a67-921d-9b731fbdca99 Connect with Alec on Social:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realsmartalec/Twitter: https://twitter.com/1alecalvarezLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesmartalec/  Recorded in January 2021