And I had to learn I couldn't do that if I wanted to keep the job.
Here are some things I had to learn the hard way about forging your own career path.
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We live in a society that values doing, but I had to learn to find peace in being.
Basically I'd been looking for things that didn't exist, and I had to learn how to create them.
As a millennial recently given a management position, I had to learn the art of gratitude the hard way.
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Yet the silver lining to my childhood is that my siblings and I had to learn how to hustle.
But I had to learn to put my pride aside because it wasn't putting any food in my stomach.
But I had to learn the hard way that they won't always stop for you to get on - even at a designated stop.
So I had to learn by doing, and all of my writing experience was confined to high-school essays and a few university research reports.
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While there are certainly times when I felt justified in speaking up for myself, perhaps the hardest lesson I had to learn was knowing when to just let it go.
As a first-time entrepreneur, I had to learn as I went along and talk to a lot of mentors to expand my awareness which allowed me to fill in the gaps.
"I had to learn to take my time in judo, and I was just able to keep a clear head, " said Rousey, who became the first American woman to win an Olympic judo medal in Beijing.
From Mobley I learned that business is just a subset of life, and that if I wanted to be a great leader I first had to learn how to lead myself.
Hence the time I had stopped working, I had taken time to learn about all the critical elements of business as I had learnt my lesson the hard way.
"I've had to learn how to do it and feel comfortable, and I'm still learning, " added Ratso Rizzo .
Yes, I've had to learn how to know when to speak and what to say, when to say it.
Though Vapor Corp is not yet profitable, I had a chance to learn a little more about the industry in a chat with Vapor Corp CEO Kevin Frija.
"It was up to me to go out and earn a contract, to show the coaches I had the ability to mature, learn and make myself a better player, " said Lamb.
Having grown up in such an international city as Miami, Florida, I had the opportunity to work and learn within an environment where Latino participation was very strong in business, the media, government, education and non-profit work.
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What if everyone was equipped with the same support network and experiences I had been granted to continually discover, learn, and create new things?
Last year, I had the opportunity to visit Valencia and learn more about the success they are having in improving student outcomes while they are in school at Valencia and when they graduate.
It's probably not right to say what type of style I would take if I were to become the captain - I've had so little experience I don't know - but you have to learn the ropes as you go along and really only find out once you're in the job.
Now I was walking the walk, but had to learn to stop talking the talk.
But before, I wouldn't have even had an opportunity to learn how to read.
"We had to learn something, but I don't think we learnt much, " he said.
And if I had any doubt about how much government has to learn from all of you, then the homework assignment you all completed would have certainly convinced me otherwise.
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And this one is a pet peeve of mine, specifically because I work with people that have gone to Phoenix and other places online and knowing what I went through at brick and mortar state school, there is no doubt in my mind that these people DID NOT work nearly as hard or learn and took the classes I had to.
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To learn more about the company, I had a chance to talk to Shaun.
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