http://www.adrianpelletier.com/2006/07/14/work-advice-of-the-day/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:28:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.adrianpelletier.com/2006/07/14/work-advice-of-the-day/#comment-364 Perseverance is King at Simple Man Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:56:40 +0000 http://s37188.gridserver.com/blog/?p=114#comment-364 [...] I’ve been known to advocate the importance of using your natural talents to propel you through life. Our innate strengths are often what we use most, mainly because they are the things that come easy to us. Regardless, I haven’t duly credited drive, which is equally, if not more, necessary in succeeding (whether at work or in life). For example, I love to write and would consider it an area I’ve excelled at from an early age. However, if I’m given a college English assignment that has no interest to me, I won’t do very well at all. On the other hand, computers and technology were basically non-existent to me as a kid growing up. I hardly touched a computer until I came to college and now web design has grown to become a large part of what I do. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. [...] [...] I’ve been known to advocate the importance of using your natural talents to propel you through life. Our innate strengths are often what we use most, mainly because they are the things that come easy to us. Regardless, I haven’t duly credited drive, which is equally, if not more, necessary in succeeding (whether at work or in life). For example, I love to write and would consider it an area I’ve excelled at from an early age. However, if I’m given a college English assignment that has no interest to me, I won’t do very well at all. On the other hand, computers and technology were basically non-existent to me as a kid growing up. I hardly touched a computer until I came to college and now web design has grown to become a large part of what I do. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. [...]

]]> http://www.adrianpelletier.com/2006/07/14/work-advice-of-the-day/#comment-363 JUnit Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:00:44 +0000 http://s37188.gridserver.com/blog/?p=114#comment-363 Then its to Marvel Comics Inc. I go! Then its to Marvel Comics Inc. I go!

]]> http://www.adrianpelletier.com/2006/07/14/work-advice-of-the-day/#comment-362 Adrian Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:37:07 +0000 http://s37188.gridserver.com/blog/?p=114#comment-362 Thanks, Jason. I expect some folks would have a hard time swallowing work advice from a student, but I've found the above to be true for my own projects. Thanks, Jason. I expect some folks would have a hard time swallowing work advice from a student, but I’ve found the above to be true for my own projects.

]]> http://www.adrianpelletier.com/2006/07/14/work-advice-of-the-day/#comment-361 Jason Sat, 15 Jul 2006 01:40:27 +0000 http://s37188.gridserver.com/blog/?p=114#comment-361 Good advice. Good advice.

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