Let's do lunch
I had the most amazing lunch date last week with one of my mentors. I'd called him two days prior and told him I needed advice. I needed an honest assessment of my short term objectives as they relate to my long term goals.
With this in mind, I traveled to his office and we carpooled to Tony Roma's Steakhouse. He told me, "why would I take you anywhere but to my place." You see, my mentor is a developer and the Tony Romas we ate at is one of his projects.
I told him, "I want to do what you are doing. I want to work in real estate." Within five minutes he had set me straight by telling me that is not who I am. I'd lost touch with my first love. He told me I had to reconnect with that thing that will have me waking up before the alarm clock sounds each morning.
I stayed up all night that evening revamping my resume to highlight my reporting strengths. I woke up the next morning and began to look online for leads in the field of journalism. I am a communicator and throughout my life it is journalism that has breathed life into me.
When I was high school my journalism teaching used to print my opinion columns when I thought they were just rants, but she told me my writing spoke to what people need to hear and not what they want to hear. Then when I hosted "Word on the Street" on KEOS 89.1 I would come alive every Tuesday night when the ON-AIR light lit up.
I had finally figured it! I was complicating a simple process. That's what happens when your college of choice does not have a journalism program. I studies Urban Studies in college and until a week ago I had redirected my focus to community development. This lunch date changed my life though. I realized that my knowledge base had expanded and now I was ready to use my skills to do what I do best, report.
I am a reporter and that is what I plan to do to gain the "strength"I need to have an impact on largest scales. In the 21st century the job of a reporter has become as important as a banker, politician or school teacher. People only believe what they see and hear. With this in mind I accept my responsibility and am prepared to continue on the upward trend of my career as a reporter.
Never underestimate the importance of having people in your life that will tell you the truth. In the meantime, go in the direction of your dreams!
Hello world!
Love,
Ethan
With this in mind, I traveled to his office and we carpooled to Tony Roma's Steakhouse. He told me, "why would I take you anywhere but to my place." You see, my mentor is a developer and the Tony Romas we ate at is one of his projects.
I told him, "I want to do what you are doing. I want to work in real estate." Within five minutes he had set me straight by telling me that is not who I am. I'd lost touch with my first love. He told me I had to reconnect with that thing that will have me waking up before the alarm clock sounds each morning.
I stayed up all night that evening revamping my resume to highlight my reporting strengths. I woke up the next morning and began to look online for leads in the field of journalism. I am a communicator and throughout my life it is journalism that has breathed life into me.
When I was high school my journalism teaching used to print my opinion columns when I thought they were just rants, but she told me my writing spoke to what people need to hear and not what they want to hear. Then when I hosted "Word on the Street" on KEOS 89.1 I would come alive every Tuesday night when the ON-AIR light lit up.
I had finally figured it! I was complicating a simple process. That's what happens when your college of choice does not have a journalism program. I studies Urban Studies in college and until a week ago I had redirected my focus to community development. This lunch date changed my life though. I realized that my knowledge base had expanded and now I was ready to use my skills to do what I do best, report.
I am a reporter and that is what I plan to do to gain the "strength"I need to have an impact on largest scales. In the 21st century the job of a reporter has become as important as a banker, politician or school teacher. People only believe what they see and hear. With this in mind I accept my responsibility and am prepared to continue on the upward trend of my career as a reporter.
Never underestimate the importance of having people in your life that will tell you the truth. In the meantime, go in the direction of your dreams!
Hello world!
Love,
Ethan
