Day 8 - The Week's Educational Culmination

The week's educational culmination was today. Today we heard from our very own Bobby McCormick, visited North Star Consulting, and heard and concluded theday with an summarization of the weeks educational activiest and lessons from Terry Anderson.

While at North Star Consulting, we visited Clemson Alumni, Doug Fletcher. He told us of his path to where he is today, owning his own company and what steps he took to get there. He shared with us a little of his Career To-Do List top 10...they read as follows

1) Intern/co-op - seek out unique work and extracurricular activities-grades alone will not differentiate you

2) Grad School - work 2-3 years then go back to school

3) Experiment until 30 - then FOCUS - seek diverse work experiences - begin to focus by around 30 to 35

4) Become a Voracious Reader - diverse topics and surces - internet, magazines, books

5) Travel Extensively

6) Learn a Second Language - how good is your Spanish or Mandarin?

7) Write It Down - write and review your life goals every year

8) Work/Life Balance - keep things in perspective - dont' let relationships suffer - remember, job change but friends/family are there forever

9) Focus On Your Strengths - do that which you like best becuase that will be what you are best at doing

10) Money Doesn't Make You Happy - money will not make you happy, achievingperson goals and dreams will

If you like or are inspired by Doug's Career To-Do List you may also like to read his blog from time to time, "Friday's with Fletch"

This evening the gang went and enjoyed a closing dinner at Ale Works.