-: I actually studied music.
I'm a classically trained opera singer
and in terms of my career,
I have thus far, you know, led non-profits,
I have done fundraising, development
for non-profits and organizations.
I've worked in tech companies and startups,
I started a startup, I created a necklace that
turns into headphones, I have a patent.
I'm an inventor, all of these things
but you know, in no way could I have possibly known
when I was in school, studying about Verdi and Puccini,
that I would one day be in a factory in China,
making electronics, so I say all of that to say
that again, there isn't a prescriptive path.
I think it's really about following the things that are,
that you're passionate about,
that you're really good at and doubling down on those things
and understanding how those things create value.
The skills of a job, in particular,
whatever the role is of a job,
often times, almost all of the time,
are things that can be taught and to be completely honest,
what I feel like I've found is that,
even if you have a specific skill set,
applying them in different companies can look
very differently and there's always some level of
things that you're only gonna know once you're in a job,
what you're expected to do.
But the things that I think are much, much harder to teach
are the parts of looking inward.
I think one of the really key pieces is that,
business and the world of work,
it's about people and relationships
and what I find is that people who have the ability
to be really understanding of themselves
and what their strengths and their weaknesses are
and have a willingness to grow and change and improve,
they tend to work really well with teams
and it doesn't matter what it is that they're doing,
but having those strong, interpersonal relationships,
it doesn't matter what you're working on,
it always produces a better product.