"Unless" - Good Advice in an Unconventional Form

Mommy and daddy told me that if I worked hard, I’d have a good career. So, if you work hard and have a good career - if you work really, really, really hard -, you'll have a good career. Doesn’t that like mathematically make sense? Hm...NOT. But you’ve managed to talk yourself into that. You know what? Here's a little secret. You wanna work? You wanna work really - really, really hard? You know what? You'll succeed. The world'll give you the opportunity - to work really-really, really REALLY hard. But...are you so sure that THAT's going to give you a great career? When all the evidence is to the contrary?

...and more about weird vs. normal, the highest expression of your talent, using your children as an excuse for abandoning your dreams, passion vs. interest, and most importantly, the significance of the word unless.