OVERACHIEVING BUNCH OF WEIRDOS

I have been working on this project for my Professional Practices class for several weeks and today I recently had some affirmation that my project was on the right track. I have been writing a syllabus for a strategy class that I could potentially teach after graduation and I have been pushing myself to think of what it is that I as a student am glad I know/wish my fellow students knew/wish I knew/etc. Well, I went to a talk by Gabrielle Muse from Redscout and I was sitting in the room dumbstruck because basically her entire one-hour presentation was the short version of what I have been setting up "my class" be. I am not going to get too into it because honestly I am afraid that I may sound like a weirdo because of how amazed I was by her. Let's just say that at first I was dumb founded because she is smart, like really fuckin' smart, and charming and personable and everything that you want a presenter to be. I think I need to start figuring out how to go work at Redscout so I can work with her. ANYWAYS, here are her 10 nuggets of wisdom that she said she wished she knew when she was just starting out:

1. You know it better than anyone in the room
2. Never stop hustlin'
3. Consumers People are people
4. Clients are people too
5. The truth seduces
6. Your way is always more interesting than the "right" way
7. That is, so long as you are interesting
8. The process doesn't matter, the outcome does
9. Rigor & intuition are your best pals
10. Risk is mandatory. 

Oh, and she called planners a bunch of overachieving weirdos, just in case you were wondering where the title of the post came from.