Charlie Berens was a\ncollege student who showed you don\u2019t have to be from a big city to be\nsuccessful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nCharlie Berens appearance was a very fun and informative class period. Most\nclass periods are the same old drawn out lecture speeches but getting to listen\nto Charlie tell his story made class enjoyable. In my opinion, listening to\nsomeone like Charlie, who is successful in a very niche market, is better than\njust the normal lecture. Plus, Charlie Berens seemed like a very normal guy who\nwent through the same things every college student goes through and he made it\nbig. He gave me confidence I can achieve my most specific goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nmain thing I liked about listening to Charlie speak was the importance he had\non hard work. I have always believed that your dreams won\u2019t just come to you,\nbut you have to work for them, and Charlie reiterated that. He said something\nthat really stuck with me and that was, \u201cPeople get really good at things they\ndon\u2019t even like so why don\u2019t you just use that energy to be really good at\nsomething you enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nconcept of what he said seems very simple, but I think it is something people\noften forget. For example, I used to work at a gas station, and I was extremely\ngood at it to the point where I was going to be promoted to manager, but I\nhated my job. I would have rather spent that time becoming very good at\nsomething like podcasting, which is something I would love to do in my future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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