This line has been repeating in my head all week long, since I first heard it on the Jocko podcast while working at my desk last Monday morning. Jocko Willink is a retired Navy Seal Commander. He coaches businesses on values like leadership and discipline. He also runs the very popular Jocko Podcast. After listening to a clip on youtube about leadership, I literally put Jocko's advice into practice only days after hearing it. And I'm happy I did. As the newly-hired, fresh-out-of-college "kid." I've been trying to earn my stripes with each of the people that I work with. This can be difficult for someone who doesn't look a day over 17. It's not as if I'm condescended to or patronized in any way, but there is a certain "tone" I occasionally get from a few individuals while in meetings. It's as if I'm not taken seriously, just because of my boyish looks. (I'm 22 years old.) This certainly doesn't stop me from contribut...
I'm a fresh-out-of-college grad thats about two months into my first "real" job, and I've done a lot of reflecting lately. I got the urge to write after scrolling through my instagram feed one day to find my school's account put out a post to all recent May 2018 graduates, asking us for any advice we'd offer to the incoming freshman class for the 2018 Fall semester. My knee-jerk thing to say was not to buy everything on the syllabus before the first day of class... A good tip but hardly the most important. So that got me thinking of what else I'd say to a freshman design student. So here are some thoughts: Manage. Your. Time. Time management is absolutely the most important thing you will learn as a student in any school, in any program. It seems pretty logical and easy to do, but trust me. It is not easy. You have to hold yourself accountable at all times. This was the only way for me to make sure that I did my work to the best of my a...