I was always taught to make every experience valuable by taking a lesson from it.
These are a few of the things I learned during my internships, time as president of University of Tampa's advertising organization, and overall education.
Everyday presents opportunities to earn the respect and admiration of your colleagues. Taking advantage of these will pay in dividends, not doing so will cost you dearly.
Being in your position means you are capable of performing that position. The people who hired you believe in your abilities. You should too.
Your colleagues are there because they are capable of performing their positions. The people who hired them believe in their abilities. You should too.
Accomplishing things is fun.
It’s okay to have good days and bad days, so long as you completely rock on your worst day.
Challenges become opportunities when you face them, and problems when you walk away.
Keep your eyes open for the inspirations the world presents.
It’s more important for a leader to understand how to follow than it is for a leader to understand how to be followed.
If you feel like you are wasting someone’s time, there is a good chance he or she feels the same way and dislikes it even more than you.
It’s much more common for someone to wish they had not listened to the naysayers than it is for someone to wish they had been one of the naysayers.
If someone keeps putting up roadblocks, quit driving in their direction.
People join a team because they want to contribute to that team.