We asked some brilliant entrepreneurs, artists and creatives to reflect on lessons they’ve learned at prior jobs. We’ve shared highlights below.
Lance Thonvold
My whole life I pursued baseball at the highest level. My dream was always to play Major League Baseball. I had all of these boxes set up that I needed to check in my life in order to be “successful” in my mind. I worked hard, overcame failure, injuries, and adversity along the way. I was blessed to grow up with an amazing support system and home life around me that truly wanted the best for me. As my dreams were coming true and I was getting a lot of things I wanted out of baseball I never seemed to get what my heart actually needed. Read more>>
Edna White
So one of the the lessons or experiences that I have learned from the last job which was my first job after 20 years of being my own entrepreneur. I kind of thought why they asking me to work here and what’s the lesson I had to learn. Now you got to understand someone submitted my name for consideration for the specific position. Read more>>
Jessica Hass
I’ve had several twists and turns throughout my employment history, but lessons I learned at a previous mental health agency ultimately molded me into the business owner and type of supervisor that I am today. Read more>>
Jasmine Perry
I worked in customer service for 5 years, and it gave me the tools to maintain my business. In customer service I learned how to create a proper flow in transaction and conflict resolution. How you treat people matters! You can have a great product, but if your service is poor then you can kiss your business goodbye. Read more>>
Paul Flannigan
I used to own a bicycle shop with sales and service. I was a wonderful experience and education in customer service, business operations, and vendor management. The best insight I received from that was to be your own advocate. As a business owner no one is coming to help you, you are the help. Read more>>
Jordan Bankston
maximizing the moment. When the COVID-19 pandemic first began I knew that we had to do something that we had to have a response. While at first I didn’t know what the response would be but I knew that we had to have one. That was when I remembered a quote by Bishop TD Jakes about maximizing the moment! Read more>>
Tiffany Tanori
My experience early on in my career as a recruiter began to lay the foundation for the type of Career Coach I wanted to become after interviewing several internal and external candidates, seeing how different candidates prepared for the interviews and seeing what the successful candidates did well. Read more>>
Ricshawn Johnson
The lessons that I’ve learned at my past jobs was that communication is always key. It taught me to face all my fears behind or in front of clients. What I mean by that is that customer service jobs is the best experience that I’ve had. It taught me when to say no and when to appreciate clients and learn how to make clients happy. That’s why I always say communication is always key in any situation or business. Read more>>
