Success or failure is in your hands - Student to Startup

If you consider that you are the determinant to your success, isn't it motivating to know that success or failure is in your hands?

There are only two constants to life.. change and yourself. Constant change in this situation means that irrelevant of geographic location, 'position' is never a constant. Our 'position' in relation to our goals or fears is always changing as a factor of time, resources etc. Want proof? Your friends, your financial position, your partner, your education or even your goals and fears have changed in some way over the last year, month or even week! Thus we cannot look for certainty in our environment, we must look for it within ourselves.

You can tell me what you want and you know what is required to achieve your goal. However, I ask you this: Your confidence, does it stem from your environment or from within? Do you believe you can achieve your goals because of what you have or will it be because of who you are? If you are the only constant in your life, then I ask you: are you making the necessary investment in yourself to be able to thrive in what ever environment you find yourself in? Is your character right? Are you motivated by the right things? Are your goals in-line with your principles? And do you even have core principles from which you go out into the world?

Begin searching inside yourself. Understand what you can bring to the table and where you need to improve.

If you want to get more for your effort

If you want to push yourself and be rewarded

Check out My Career City. The experts on staff help students and recent graduates find jobs in the fast-paced and rewarding world of start-up companies. Join today and see the great job opportunities they have available for someone just like you!

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The 4 Secrets to a Great Career - Student to Startup

I had the pleasure this week of going to lunch with a family friend. It’s always great to speak with someone who’s come from a similar background, there’s something that just clicks. On top of that, the food was damn good, but the food for thought is what nourished me most. Somewhere in between catching up and sharing my stories of the past couple of months, she began to share some advice…

Failure is inevitable, but it helps guide us to the right choice: Regardless of which direction you chose, you may not choose the first road you take may not be the right road. Embrace this as help not a hindrance. You’ll fail before you arrive at the wrong destination… that makes the cup look half full to me! If you keep your eyes open and take calculated risks, you’ll get signs on which path is best.

Distractions are all around us, choose the ones that will support you: Any time spent not working on your goals in my opinion is time you’ve spent distracted. Now there’s a difference between a healthy distraction and wasted time. An hour spent with a good friend is much better spent than an hour playing flappy bird. You have to find balance between work and play, but what play will help your work? Going on a date at restaurant and going out for lunch with your business friends will be two very different experiences.

The best option is usually at the compromise of knowledge and experience: The more you study and research is the more you gain knowledge of a subject, meanwhile, the more you observe is the more experience you have of the subject. When it comes to making a decision, the best option is where these two meet. You may not know or you may not have experienced, but someone or something has, find them or it and you’ll make better decisions.

Work for you, not the paycheck: This website is focused at entrepreneurs but there’s an unfortunate moment where your need for money will temper your desire to build your business. That is the unfortunate day you have to get a job. However, it’s very different when you look at it from this perspective. "I’m hiring your company to teach me and in return I’ll pay you in my services".  The paycheck becomes secondary and your self-improvement becomes the primary focus.

If you want to get more out of your student years. 

If you want to grow professionally and gain vital character strength. 

If you're bored with classes. 

Then check out My Career City. The experts on staff help students and recent graduates find jobs in the fast-paced and rewarding world of start-up companies. Join today and see the great job opportunities they have available for someone just like you!

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Don't get Comfortable - Student to Startup

"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war." - George S. Patton

It’s so easy to fall into the comfort trap of inaction when we are content with the environment around us. It's easy not to push yourself when you have everything under control and all your pleasures provided. When there are no immediate consequences of delaying a task, we procrastinate. But every minute spent is one you will never get back. If you're not spending your University years investing in yourself you will soon fear that you've wasted your time. You may face regret, feel bad about yourselves. So don't get comfortable with the day-to-day grind of University life. Take this time to make the rest of your life, the best of your life.

This is what this blog is all about. Pushing students to get involved with the world of Start-ups because it is difficult but very rewarding. Through this blog I want to advocate that it's best to push yourself to achieve more and become more than your comfortable peers.

If you want to get more out of your student years. 

If you want to grow professionally and gain vital character strength. 

If you're bored with classes. 

Then check out My Career City. The experts on staff help students and recent graduates find jobs in the fast-paced and rewarding world of start-up companies. Join today and see the great job opportunities they have available for someone just like you!

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