The young executive who called me yesterday is making it rain.
Right guy, right job, the world is his oyster.
“I want to be a CEO one day” was his comment, “What do I need to do?”
My answer was simple:
“Keep doing what you’re doing. Success TODAY will open doors tomorrow. Be a sponge, learn a lot, focus on the job you have NOW.”
It’s the exact advice I wish I’d gotten when I was an ambitious 29-year-old…
Too often, ambitious people fail because they’re looking ahead to the next job and forget the one they have.
Success opens a lot of doors. Mediocrity closes them.
Said more simply:
Nobody gonna give you more if you’re not handling that in front of you.
No matter WHAT you want or think your capable of.
