Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Kick yourself in the butt then go for a run


I will go ahead and say this despite the fear of sounding like a linkedin inspirational!


My mother still fondly remembers the first television they bought together or how they were able to buy a computer without applying for a loan. When you start your career big you lose out on these joys (of course you have other joys like the pleasure of having money). I decided to write about this because of the lack of excitement I had for what I did, especially repetitively.  As a young intern waiting to please you are literally like a sponge absorbing everything and working 200hours a day. But as you grow into what you do achieve a few accolades, you start harboring a pot belly and fail to be the person who kicks themselves in the butt.

A few people who were CEOs or were working into a start up gave some good insights. Crawl before you walk. You will appreciate going through the motions much better. Words like “create your own opportunities” or “self motivation” loses real meaning when you are standing in the job. At least for the lesser beings who do not have a George Church like or Steve jobs like idea every 15 minutes. For the rest of us, we are not ready for the responsibility yet. I kept thinking that som

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