-: I struggled my first year, didn't quit, did it again
the second year, and that's really the story
of my success all the way through my current job now
as I've never been the person that just stepped
into something and was instantly amazing at it.
Takes a lot of hard work, a lot of grit.
And that's really the best thing that I could say,
is like if you're gonna go do something
to prep for this job either be it recruiting or sales,
I would say fill up your plate as much as you possibly can
in the early part of your college career.
'Cause when you're doing a bunch of senior level courses
and your upper division class work that is challenging.
What I think makes a really good leader is,
you wanna be involved but you don't want to embark on a
journey that you're not qualified to sign up for.
Like if you're trying to be a leader, there's different
aspects of it, right, like if you're a leader in school
that means that you're probably leading your group.
If you're a leader in sports, maybe that means
team captain, but it doesn't necessarily, you don't
need a title to be a leader, either.
There are just different aspects of it,
it's like, you have to have presence.
So like if it's in your professional space, office presence,
help where you can, learn as much as you can,
and then transferring that knowledge in an efficient way
is what I like to see out of a leader is,
what can you tell me that has direct value to me right now?
'Cause me, millennial again, instant
gratification, huge deal, like seeing it.
I also like seeing immediate value
based on a question that I ask.
So the way that I like to be led from leaders
in our company is through pretty direct
here's what you can do to succeed,
there's not an equation for it, but here's
what you're doing well, here's what you're not doing well,
and here's how to improve on it.
Be up front with someone, not Minnesota nice
and tell them what's good, tell them what's bad
because I'd rather know how to improve and
you mildly hurt my feelings than sit there
for six months and not have any sales.