Unable to book popular commencement speaker Oprah Winfrey as a guest blogger, I did the next-best thing: asked my Amsco colleagues what advice they could offer today's high school graduates.- Work hard and enjoy what you are doing, or get out of it and change your path.
- Save all the clothes you wore in your senior year of high school because in 20 years, they'll be back in fashion.
- Get a college education.
- Take courses in a wide range of subjects in college (outside your major area); it will make you a better-rounded person intellectually.
- While in college, take the opportunity to find what you both truly enjoy and excel in and make that your career.
- Do not allow college or work to stifle your creativity.
- Believe in yourself, work hard, and you will succeed.
- Continue your education, focusing upon courses of study which will provide you with marketable skills.
- While it is desirable to go into a field of study or work that you already enjoy, look to see if it is overpopulated.
- Even if you are not going on to college, keep reading, studying, and learning, especially in the areas that you find interesting.
- If you are not planning on furthering your education, learn the phrase, “Do you want fries with that?”
- If you find out what it is you truly want to do in your life don't ever give up, and don't ever let anyone tell you that you cannot achieve your goal.
- Be ready for change after graduation: prepare yourself for college and get ready for the competition when looking for work.
- Keep focused and surround yourself with positive friends.
- Life is tough enough when you walk the straight and narrow; deviation can turn into a disaster.
- Work with passion towards your goals and seek opportunities to fulfill them.
- “Honesty: the most important thing in life. Unless you really know how to fake it, you’ll never make it.”
- Make no little plans.
Congratulations to the class of 2009!
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