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Finding comfort in failure: inside the life of an aspiring entrepreneur.
I have never really failed in life…until now. No, really, I haven’t. It sounds a really arrogant thing to say, but when I think of my life and how sheltered I have been it has really prevented me from failing. Even if you reflect on your own life, how many times have you truly failed.…
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Let’s do the Hokie Pokey: my educational journey so far.
As I have modestly plastered over social media this past week, I recently accepted an offer to continue my education at Virginia Tech. I will be trying to obtain a PhD in industrial/organizational psychology. For those of you who are perhaps unfamiliar, think of I/O psychology as psychology applied to an occupational setting. I therefore…
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Life as a chessboard: it’s black and white.
I know I usually start these entries emphasizing how busy last week was but I promise you this past week was the most stressful yet! Not only have MBA classes started up again but my business partner has moved into an investor role, which leaves me in almost sole control of the business. Although it…
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Living Life Like an Action Potential: All or Nothing.
After another long and busy week with business and I have found myself struggling with expectations again, but this time with myself. I am a strict type-A personality with a lot of dreams I hope to fulfill in life. The problem with having so many dreams is the constant ups and downs that it produces.…
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The fine line between asking and asking too much: managing expectations.
So this week has arguably been the busiest week of 2019, at least for me anyway… I wanted to address a topic this week that has really consumed me of late…expectations. Expectations of others and expectations of myself. Although I could entertain both facets, I wanted to instead talk more in depth about the expectations…
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“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take – Wayne Gretzky – Michael Scott” – Jack Wardale
Here goes nothing… So today marked a momentous occasion. I managed to knock down a band from charging my company $15,000 dollars to costing nothing. How, might you ask? Well, it all started with a small YouTuber community Facebook page. For those of you who have been hiding under a rock and who are not…
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