![]() LESSON: Don’t expect your dream job to fall in your lap. Those successes will come, but only with time, a lot of hard work and perseverance. Let’s face facts: It is unlikely that someone with minimal years of work experience will graduate from college and immediately become the next CEO of Apple or land a six-figure salary out of the gate. It’s important to maintain a realistic outlook. It often appears that quick success happens all around us, and the media glorifies and perpetuates the myth of the “overnight success.” Most successful people put in years of work and effort before achieving success – it only appears to happen instantly to those on the outside. Chances are it will be the start of a beautiful relationship.ĭid you know Lil Wayne’s career did not truly take off until the release of his sixth solo album? It took nearly 12 years of putting in the work, perfecting his artistic process, and spending days in the studio before he became one of the biggest success stories in the music industry. LESSON: Don’t be afraid to reach out to someone you are interested in learning from. ![]() ![]() We are lucky in Greenville to live in a business community with amazing people who are both willing and excited to mentor others. Allow yourself to be vulnerable and try to develop a meaningful connection. You can reach out to someone at a higher level in your field or in a similar functional area in a different field to get great advice and knowledge, but true mentorship occurs when the relationship is taken to new levels of trust and connection. Mentorship works best when it happens organically. To this day, Williams is still Wayne’s mentor and has helped coach and pave the way for some of his greatest successes. The two hit it off and established a father-son relationship. Lil Wayne’s story illustrates four simple lessons we can follow to guarantee success in our own lives.Įarly in his career and at a very young age, Lil Wayne reached out to rapper/producer Bryan Williams for advice. Sometimes the unlikeliest of public figures shows us a path to success we can emulate. I want them to learn that inspiration can come from anywhere – often from the places you least expect to find it. During my career development class, I include a segment that follows the story of a different leader each week, and I purposely save an unexpected public figure for last: hip-hop artist and rapper Lil Wayne.īecause this choice is so outside the box, his is the story students seem to remember the most. My favorite stories are the personal human experiences of great leaders – the different paths that CEOs and entrepreneurs have taken to achieve status and success. By Jamie Patterson, director of student experience, Clemson MBAĪs a teacher of MBA students as well as an MBA myself, I have made a practice of studying great business leaders for years.
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