Personal Experience: My Interview With M. T.

Who doesn’t like reading “how to succeed” lists? Theoretically, they are a basic, straightforward guide with steps to achieve your aspirations. I used to wake up at 4 A.M because an article informed me that “all successful people wake up early.” Unfortunately, that routine only lasted for a week before I realized that I quite enjoy sleeping. After my failed attempt at imitating the sleeping habits of PepsiCo’s CEO, I began to think critically about whether I should be searching for advice from influential leaders. It seems logical to seek wisdom from powerful individuals, but their personal stories do not actually have that much in common. Similarly, the seemingly unrelated models that Sarah Lewis uses in The Rise contrast from Olympic sports to Astrophysics, but they all have one thing in common. Through her use of

Throughout the book, Bain discusses many different, but successful people, to indicate that the people that grow to success, are the ones that become a “deep learner” and possess a passion for their ideal career (p. 36). Jeff Hawkins, displayed a deep passion for building “contraptions” and questioning concepts and because he had his own motivation, he never allowed anything to stifle his passion (pp. 32-33). If assignments did not fit with his interest, he completed them and then went off on his own, to learn it (p. 34). This reveals how strong his passion was, he actively searched for new information without prompt from others and this proves to readers if they discover their own passion, then learning and

I interviewed Ms. Adal she has a M.Ed., Special Education, and her experiences as a service provider has been over five years. She is able to manage her time, because she is a well-organized person. In addition she shared that, she is single, and she is a very dedicated

Also you have to have passion; if you are passionate about what you do you can inspire others to do more and exceed beyond their expectations” (C. D. Cerkoney, Personal Communication, February 27, 2012).

Mary Ann also stressed that you need to create the person you want to be. One of the ways you can do this is to figure out the gap of where you are, and where you want to be. Mary Ann didn’t just become the Director of Guest Experience at MGM, she worked 19 years in the industry to do so, and in that time got experience in various other fields so she’s able to do the job that she has now. She filled the gap between where she was and where she wanted with those experiences and accomplished her long-term goal. In addition to that, Mary Ann said that we have to organize ourselves. Mary Ann claims that the problem she has the most when hiring youthful people is that they have no organization. Those young people that are hired are known to miss out on deadlines and always coming up with excuses. Instead of victimizing ourselves, we should be more organized. Finally, Mary Ann also claimed that if there’s something that we want, we need to get

a job that will create success in the future is complicated to achieve. Andrew explains the

Motivation and drive help push people to do incredible things. Striving to be like my brother wasn’t motivation to push myself to work hard. I learned that I wasn’t going to be successful if I kept comparing myself to his blinding success. I resorted to looking for an interest that I truly had passion for. I set my attention on DECA, a business organization that built a business acumen. I decided to start taking competition seriously. The stock market competition caught my eye because it was a competition where students could invest in stocks, which were synched with the live stock market. Competing sparked my interest in investments. I learned about how the market worked, types of investments, how to analyze stocks, and the different applications of finance. Once the competition began to level off, I was top 10 in the world. This was the first successful extracurricular activity I had been a part of that didn’t involve my family. It was a phenomenal feeling. Finance then became my passion, and I began to picture myself in this profession.

Another step Sally could take to brighten her future would be to talk more and engage in conversation as well. She was extremely shy and nervous around me at first, but after working with her a little while she finally started opening up. I believe in order to work with the public in general you have to have a personality.

Allison’s career aspiration is to work as an event coordinator for the New York Giants. She wants a career in public relations and working for the Giants would blend that career fields for her love of sports. She hopes that any career that she does involves sports in some aspect. She enjoys watching football and baseball in particular and roots for the Giants and Redsocks. She likes to be on her feet, run around, and have fun. This is what got her interested in event planning specifically. She likes to see the outcome of the events that she has

You have a logical discussion and discuss many of the issues seen in the video from a leadership prospective. Collins says, “Different types of employees' require different types of motivation and leadership” this video is support of just that. You mention that Joe would very routine, structured, meticulous, and feeds off of face to face interaction, while Courtney was laid back, flexible, non-traditional, willing to compromise and able to do her job without face to face interaction. I felt you hit the nail on the head. It is getting more common for non-traditional work force, working from home, flex time and other options are increasing in popularity. Leaders like Courtney will shine with an open mind and adaptability, while I fear

After several semesters being surrounded by smart, ambitious Business School students, I've noticed that there are striking differences in the ways people define an exceptional career. And the way people define success can have a big impact, not only on decisions about their first jobs, but also how much they achieve and happy they are in their careers.

How Successful People Lead, by John C. Maxwell, Center Street, New York, NY, May 2013, 148 pages. Reviewed by David A. Hudson

There are many personal characteristics that can affect a person as an individual and his professional success, namely openness, ability to learn and adapt etc. These personal characteristics can sometimes make a person successful and sometimes doesn’t. As I spend more and more time as a professional, I perceive that there are few characteristics that are essential for professional success: namely ambitious, creative and adaptable. These characteristics come out in many different ways. Have you set your goals? Have you decided the path you have to take to pursue your goal? What are the sacrifices you can do to achieve your ambition? How much can you think out of the box to resolve a particular issue or bring new idea to the table? How

Some people believe that talent and a winning attitude are all you need in order to succeed in your endeavors, but a winning attitude means having determination, which many people lack. As seen on wisdomforthesoul.org, “Real leaders are ordinary people with extraordinary determination.” Determination is an important factor in the overall success or failure of a person’s efforts. Unfortunately, determination is not something that comes easy to the majority of people. To be truly determined, a person must first be passionate about what they’re doing. Passion, however, is only the first step towards resolution and determination. One must have a clear goal in mind, and be willing to do anything to achieve said goal. Once they have set

Immediately within the first introductory chapter of Northouse’s (2016) Leadership: Theory and Practice, I learned that I have been exhibiting management traits rather than leadership traits. I have exhibited functions of planning, organizing, accomplishing activities, mastering routines, and orderliness (Northouse, 2016). I feel this has been my distinct, vital role as Assistant Director of Residential Operations & Planning. But as I have developed over the years, I am now ready to enter this leadership role and begin to master skills such as producing change, creating vision, creative thinking, and motivating intrinsically (Northouse, 2016).