http://www.businessinsider.com/deloitte-ceo-graduate-advice-2013-5
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Of course, shaving the mustache and upgrading his styling didn't get him to where he is. "I worked very, very hard," Echevarria says. "I worked harder than everybody else."
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Of course, shaving the mustache and upgrading his styling didn't get him to where he is. "I worked very, very hard," Echevarria says. "I worked harder than everybody else."
He has a few more pieces of advice for recent grads, informed by his own experience.
- Talent doesn't help if you don't outwork everyone else.
- Find a mentor that will be honest with you about your shortcomings.
- You might have to work somewhere for free for a bit to do what you really want. "Prove yourself by working hard and doing a great job, and I guarantee you that they will find a way to hire you and pay you," Echevarria says.
1. More importantly, 'outwork' not just in 'quantity' but in 'quality' - 'outsmart' in its profound sense alone can work/do the trick, especially in the long run.
2. The real difficulty will be in prudently choosing a 'mentor'- which for ostensible reason should be only after inquiring and getting to know whether he firstly knows /has a realisation of his own shortcomings.
3...."prove yourself doing a great job"- the concept of "good" is bound to be interpreted/construed or imbibed according to self perception or perspective. That is hard to decisively know only after yers of exposure and experience; not in the short run when doing work for free.
