How do you manage your time currently?
Well, actually what makes me able to do the things that I do is, and here’s something that people kind of wince a little bit when they hear me say it, but I actually care about every single minute of the day. Every minute of every hour matters to me, and I try to make those minutes as productive as possible. Even when I take the moments out to eat, or to socialize, or to sit down and just have a moment to myself to collect my thoughts, I got those minutes accounted for, and that’s the only way that you can manage your time. You have to care deeply about your day and every minute in it, and that’s how I’m able to manage all the things that I do.
What are your top three career tips for young professionals?
Well, I don’t know if people will embrace this, but here we go.
1. Realize that where you’re heading to is going to take time, so it requires some patience. You will not be the CEO of the company in a week. Understand that there is no shortcut to the top. Going up the ladder of success takes time; you’ve got to step on every step.
2. I don’t know any other way to be successful, except to wake up every day and put out a maximum effort. If you put out an ordinary effort, you’re going to get ordinary results. If you put out an extraordinary effort, you’re going to get extraordinary results.
3. Realize that on your way to where you’re trying to get to, that there is joy in the process. Too many people get frustrated because they haven’t arrived at their destination yet, but remember that life is okay, take a look at the journey because it can be a pretty nice ride. There’s joy in the journey itself.
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