Creative Advent 2008: Brandon Mendelson

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The best advice I’ve ever received came from a resource room teacher in middle school. I don’t remember his name. Faced with a number of challenges, I found myself working hard. Harder than any other student. The teacher said to me, “You just keep plugging away. Don’t let up, just keep plugging away and you’ll get there”.

Never Giving Up

Working in advertising and marketing can be frustrating. We quantify and analyze everything to the smallest detail and we’re never really sure if we are successful. I was reminded of his advice after a recent failure. I wanted to walk away from it all; But I keep at it to this very day because of his advice to keep plugging away. Eventually, I’ll get to where I want to be. Hard work breeds success and that’s advice we can all live by.

Guest Author Bio
Brandon MendelsonBrandon J. Mendelson is a graduate student attending UAlbany and a published American humorist. You can follow him on Twitter or on his blog, The Graduate Student Survival Blog

12/18
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