One of the stories I read was about Flaum as a boy. He never got along with his teacher. One day they were told to create a short story. He failed because he didn't make the requirements. Nick Thompson wrote about a tiger trying to escape a zoo. Every time he jumped out of his cage he jumped into another cage at another zoo. This cause Flaum problems because this was the only kid who did well. The moral of this story is face your struggles head on because that is the only way you will come out successful.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
-Oscar Wilde
-Oscar Wilde
This quote by Oscar Wilde struck a chord with me. As a college student, I am pushing myself to be the best and do the best. I am supposed to do what the professor says and when I get back from class I am supposed to do what my peers says. It is really hard to be yourself at times. Who wants to be that awkward person who stands out from everyone else? I can answer that, no one. You see everyone around you and you think they have it figured out, but they really don't. When you aren't you, then who are you? This is a quote that I live by. Most people want to be accepted so badly, they lose themselves in the process. This quote not only is held on a personal level for me, but a professional one as well. As a young college student it is hard to find your place in the world. I am trying to figure out, not only who I am, but who I want to be. The media world is a creative and very competitive place to want a career. People get turned away everyday because they do not live up to the standards that are placed upon them. This is where my quote plays a part. I hate it when people change who they are just to get someone to like them or their work. Now, I realize that you have to do things that some times you don't like. That is not what I am talking about. What I am talking about is peer pressure. Doing stuff that you know isn't you, but doing it anyway because you want a spot on the team or group. This not only happens with teens and young adults, it happens with working adults as well. I am going into a very creative industry and being myself is the key to my success. This is why most people struggle and fail. You have to know who you are and love yourself before someone else is going to love you. That goes for your work as well. If you love your work, then one day you will meet someone that will love your work just as much as you do. It might take getting through a few rejections to get you to the right person, but when you do you will feel accomplished. I know this may sound like relationship stuff, which it could be, but that is not what I am talking about. I am talking about putting who you are into your work and staying true to yourself. No one is truly happy when they are only being someone else because they think thats who the other person wants them to be. We all know of that guy in the workplace who is so far up the boss's butt that the boss just blows him off. This is because the guy is being who he thinks the boss wants him to be and not himself. He would be more successful if he was just himself! I mean who wants someone who is exactly like themselves?? Boring!!
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