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Since moving to my current city in 2009, I realized that it has been ten years moving out of my home, into a new city and starting a second life in another city. I think fondly about a podcast that Adam Robinson did with Tim Ferriss and he talks about how school is a game with rules but life beyond school has no rules and that is why experimentation is key. As I think about my last ten years, I wanted to reflect on what I have learned along the way in this concept called ‘life’:
Your first job may not be the perfect job
Work is about finding out what your strengths, likes and dislikes are and then tweaking your way to that perfect job. You may be lucky enough to find that perfect job right away and work your whole life there but in most cases, you are working to either pay the bills or to build enough experience to get to the next job and work your way up from there.
Your attitude is way more important than your skill or experience
Imagine that you are a manager and you have the choice between two employees: one is incredibly skilled, experienced, but does not have a great attitude and the other has average skills, limited experience but is incredibly enthusiastic and positive about all the work that they do. Who would you choose? I know who I would choose — the one that is enthusiastic and…
