Walk across any campus lawn and you’ll notice groups moving together — same classes, same decisions, same anxieties. Herd is that gentle nudge: step out of default-mode decision-making and choose the path that feels truly yours, not borrowed from the crowd.
9. The Comfort of Belonging vs. The Cost of Missing Out: Staying with the herd feels emotionally safe, but professionally expensive. While groups wait, sectors like climate-tech, regenerative agriculture, clean mobility, and waste engineering hire learners who simply showed independent curiosity.
Q9. Which one feels truer for you?