Week 13

From all of the information provided this week, I really loved the video from Stan Christensen about avoiding the wrong job. He mentioned that at Harvard Business School, the average tenure for recent graduates at their first job was 11 months. It made me really think about the time so many of us spend at jobs where we feel unappreciated or unfulfilled. Why do we tolerate this in our work lives? Most of us spend well over 40 hours per week at work and then even more time at home thinking about work. How much time to we waste dreading going back or harboring terrible feelings about our job.

            

For someone hoping to be an entrepreneur one day, I think experiencing as many corporate cultures as possible is a very valuable experience. What things will you be sure to include with your business some day and what practices will you definitely exclude? We may not even be aware of small annoyances that can creep up in the day to day workings in a company until we experience them first hand.

            

These Harvard graduates are not tolerating the stagnancy that can come with a frustrating company or job. They are constantly on the lookout for the next opportunity for growth. Welcoming change provides opportunity for growth and learning from new mentors, new situations and various work styles.