globetrotter
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Flambeur's advice is good
1. hard work - seriously, it seems everybody thinks that they are going to get what they want for free. it just isn't going to happen. if you want to succeed, you need to work hard.
2. be tough, stick to your guns
3. but be nice - people should understand that you are considerate at work, as long as they don't **** with you.
4. anything that you do before you are 30 isn't wasted, as long as you are doing something - smoking pot and hanging out playing videa games is a waste. spending two years teaching liberians to dig latrines isn't, even if you are going to be a corporate lawyer
5. your skills are a comodity - their value comes from rarity, and how others value them. think about how a company can use your skills (or skills you think that you can aquire) and how common that basket of skills is. if there is no value to others in your basket of skills, or if it is common, then you aren't going to be able to make money.
1. hard work - seriously, it seems everybody thinks that they are going to get what they want for free. it just isn't going to happen. if you want to succeed, you need to work hard.
2. be tough, stick to your guns
3. but be nice - people should understand that you are considerate at work, as long as they don't **** with you.
4. anything that you do before you are 30 isn't wasted, as long as you are doing something - smoking pot and hanging out playing videa games is a waste. spending two years teaching liberians to dig latrines isn't, even if you are going to be a corporate lawyer
5. your skills are a comodity - their value comes from rarity, and how others value them. think about how a company can use your skills (or skills you think that you can aquire) and how common that basket of skills is. if there is no value to others in your basket of skills, or if it is common, then you aren't going to be able to make money.