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QPR owner Tony Fernandes celebrates after his team won the Sky Bet Championship Playoff Final match between Derby County and Queens Park Rangers at Wembley Stadium on May 24, 2014 in London, England.
“For me, I do things because I love doing them,” he said.
Fernandes later added that this sort of passion extended to following a particular career, against the wishes of your parents. “Parents cannot and should not run their kids’ lives. They shouldn’t. And I know that they’re trying to be their best and give good advice — but it’s your life,” said Fernandes.
For the entrepreneur himself, he says he was supposed to be a doctor but admits that he would have been “a horrific doctor.” At 16, Fernandes said he was brave enough to tell his parents that he didn’t want to work in the health care industry, however they pushed him into it, and after he failed his exams, he went on to do what he wanted to do.
“You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do, it’s your life,” said Fernandes.
“Just do it. And in the end, they’ll support you.”
Life Hacks Live is a series produced by CNBC International for Facebook, where tomorrow’s leaders get to ask some of the world’s biggest influencers for advice. You can watch the full interview here.
