I would argue that your advice isn’t just for young people but for people of all ages. Investing in yourself is the best thing you can do.

Neal, as long as you don’t do videos in your birthday suit, I think they are great….and if you do want some birthday suit videos, I think that’s a whole separate blog with a totally different audience…

I work in internet marketing currently. I am not an expert by any means, but I am comfortable with what I know. I have been actively doing it now for about 2 years, have a BS in marketing, and I know that with the right continued training, it is something I can be great at.

Right now I am a marketing manager at a power sports dealer. This is the second dealership I have worked at since graduating college, and it is the only paid marketing experience I have outside of consulting and freelance work.

I know that I am not the right person for power sports. I want out of that industry. However, what I do not know is what industry I want to move to. I think I would like to go to hospitality, but I don’t know for sure, and likely won’t until I try it.

I like to think I am a bit of a rare breed. I am very tech savvy, love marketing, love internet marketing, but the rare part is that I also love people, customer service and interaction. I don’t want to be the guy who sits in a cubicle all day, as I feel my talents would be wasted doing that.

I went to school for 5.5 years, graduated with a pretty strong GPA and took WAY more classes then I needed to. I graduated with around 180 units, only need 120 to graduate. My course work was rather diverse so on the educational side I have a very diverse background. However, work experience, not so diverse.

I am very willing to switch jobs, even take a pay cut to do so, however, despite my education, experience, and desire to change jobs, and work in hospitality to move up the chain, I cannot seem to find an “in.”

Maybe I should go back to freelance consulting work? Maybe I should keep doing what I am doing? Maybe I should go after hospitality harder? Maybe I should go back to school?

I don’t know, but I do know that no matter what, I need to stay happy, and right now I am happy to an extent but do not see happiness in the future. That does need to change, and while I don’t know exactly what to do, I do know enough to know that there are a great number of people out there that support me and will help me find my way.

Great huge list of posts. Thank you for including mine.
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