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Excellence is a personal code of conduct that demands that, every day, you strive to do better, know more, and try harder than you did the day before. It’s a process, not some pinnacle you reach. It’s a way of life that’s guaranteed to breed not just professional success, but the character builders—pride, dignity, knowledge, integrity, self-respect—that engender respect from others, and more importantly, respect for self.
Time and again, I chat with people, young, old, and in between, who don’t have the most basic plan to guide their lives much less a back-up scenario in case they meet major obstacles. As unbelievable as it may sound, most don’t map out the essentials—finances, careers, education, or health, to name a few areas. You must figure out the big picture, set goals, don’t let any impediment wreck your future, and develop a vision for your life.
Marcus Allen’s original plan was to join the military after college, but he changed his mind when he applied to the Verizon Future Leaders Program, a 10-week summer internship.
Drew white first knew he wanted to go into the world of finance when he was a college student at the University of Virginia. “I wasn’t sure if I wanted to be a banker, a trader, a salesperson, or a researcher,†the 27-year-old recalls. “I just knew this was an environment where the best and brightest could show their stuff.â€
The hills of New Hampshire are perhaps the last place one would expect a minority-focused business education program, yet two can be found on the campus of Dartmouth College in Hanover.
