>> You know I think there's a few things.
One is I've said a couple of times now, be
flexible and don't be afraid to take the,
you know, sort of the ugly
job or the unpopular job.
Don't be afraid to take a lateral; they--
those can end up being the most
important sort of steps in your career.
Second, I think being persistent.
You know you need to kind of have a rough idea
of what you want to do in life, but very rough.
And be persistent with it.
You know, make sure your kind of
continuing toward that aspiration,
whether it's a specific industry,
a specific job, you know, role,
or even just you know some kind of a reward
feeling that you get by doing something.
You know you want to give to society.
You want to be in education.
You want to help kids you know.
Whatever it is just stick
with it and be persistent.
You know, don't give up.
The third thing is to keep learning.
I mentioned to you that I went to Penn
State Undergraduate, then Wayne State,
Youngstown State, and went on post
graduate to the University of Michigan.
And even now where I sit on the Board
of Directors on several companies,
I go to classes quite frequently on
corporate governance and auditing
and financial responsibility and so
forth to help be a better director.
With the hopes of this year, in fact, I'll be
named what's called an NACD Corporate Fellow,
which is a fairly exclusive group of people
who have had you know considerable experience
in education, so you don't quit learning.
And I think if you do those things; if
you're flexible and if you're persistent,
and if you're consistently learning and never
stop learning I think you'll be successful.