by Ben Gross
A previous speaker told us that we all have an inner genius, a personal set of skills that makes us unique, which helps us find work that we enjoy and in which we excel.
So, how do we know what our inner genius is? For some of us, that’s easy. We may have been playing golf since we were 3 or solving complex differential equations before we knew that the Tooth Fairy didn’t exist.
Still, for a lot of us, finding our inner genius is a little bit more complicated. That’s where Don Cornwell comes in.
Don is the Associate Director at the Emory University Career Center, and he spends his days working with college students to help them discover what it is that they will find rewarding as a career.Don recently came to Grady High to speak with the students about the process of laying the groundwork for a successful career. Don began by telling the students that he himself did not know what he wanted to do for a long time; he said that in his experience working with college students, it’s common not to “know what you want to be when you grow up.” Don explained that even if you don’t know exactly what you want to do, there are certain practices which will help guide you in the right direction.
Doing his best Dave Letterman imitation, Don presented the students with a Top Ten List for Career Success:
- Believe in yourself
- Become a life long learner
- Be ethical…in everything you do
- Listen to your heart
- Get experience
- Challenge yourself
- Appreciate diversity
- Build relationships, find mentors
- Make good grades/Do good work
- Be a team player and develop leadership skills
And, he told the students to always keep an eye open for opportunities and to approach every situation with enthusiasm and dedication. Don told the class: “if you do your best and make the most of every opportunity, one thing tends to lead to another and good things are never too far away.”
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