tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9445962.post8138287034593231077..comments2024-03-10T04:22:39.340-05:00Comments on The White Rhino Report - “A Marketplace Where Many Diverse Ideas Meet for Coffee!”: 6 Rules Should Be Guiding Your Career - From the Blog "Barking Up The Wrong Tree" by Eric BarkerThe White Rhinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08510080328755228237noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9445962.post-86260749261423520992013-09-03T10:30:50.233-05:002013-09-03T10:30:50.233-05:00I especially agree with Number 2.
I believe in st...I especially agree with Number 2.<br /><br />I believe in stepping outside my strengths or comfort zones in order to learn; however, I do have some regrets that I did not go with my strengths in school. I have always loved language arts. Well-meaning guidance counselors (meaning friends, relatives, associates, blog-writers, journalists, and the resident butt-insky) told me that a PhD in English would do me very little financial good down the road, so I studied Business Administration. <br /><br />While studying Business Administration, I deliberately took hard quant classes just to give myself challenges. Have those self-inflicted headaches translated to joy? Not exactly...<br /><br />Here's how I compromise: I continue my love of language arts by writing songs, poems, and essays. If a quant concept ever stumped me, I try to include it in a song!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com