-: The academic path is the standard.
You always have to follow what you have to do,
go to class, do your homework, of course.
The thing that worked for me and other people I noticed
that did successful was staying after class.
The people that did the best were the ones that
stood around a little bit longer to ask the questions,
to experiment on projects.
To kind of learn more about themselves
and challenge themselves and other people around them.
It's good to have a good foundation
of knowing what the conventional or the standard
way of doing things is and I think everybody
should do their research and homework to understand
how business is done properly and the good ethics
and morals behind it, but I also think
it's very important to go with your natural
way of thinking that if you're seeing
companies marketing a certain way
and if you also do it the same exact way
you're gonna fall into the masses.
So I think in this highly, densely populated world
the only way you're gonna be successful and stand out
is if you go with your very intelligent way of thinking
about things.
The best way to get experience is the yes factor.
When you say yes to all of the intelligent opportunities,
meaning you're gonna have a lot of different opportunities,
not all of them are good.
But using your common sense to all of the ones that
you think are possible, and even if you're gonna
lose your sleep and maybe it cost you some money
for travel, saying yes to those opportunities,
meeting with all these people,
seeing how they work, shadowing if possible.
That's what worked for me.
I said yes to all these opportunities,
even if I was overlapping, I didn't have time
to make it work, you find a way to make it work.
And that's what's most important because
most jobs, most businesses say you know,
you need X amount of years of experience
and people are coming out of school and saying
well I just finished school, I don't have any experience.
So saying yes to all these opportunities
and there are so many out there, is very important.