Dear grads: Finish streaming Bird Box, stop moisturizing with CBD, lace up your Allbirds and listen up on how to get ahead. Dressed in medieval gowns and tassels, you’ve been drowned with graduation platitudes and advice.
This year didn’t disappoint. Former CNNer Soledad O’Brien told University of Oklahoma grads, “I think what [my mother] was saying is most people are idiots, so you might be a bigger idiot if you listen to them all the time.” ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel had a surprisingly capital idea for the University of Southern...
andykessler Let’s hope they heed your advice
andykessler Also remember your degree does not guarantee anything. It just gives you a better starting point. After you graduate, the hard work is just starting. It may takes years of grinding to get where you want to be. Graduating does not guarantee success, hard work and dedication does.
andykessler And don't think you own the world because you have an MBA or whatever, you don't and still have a LOT to learn before you are efficient and professional. Take it from someone who has fired many MBAs. Experience takes time.