Tuesday, August 3, 2010

If I knew then what I know now...

The only source of knowledge is experience.

  - Albert Einstein


I was just reading Dave Egan's blog post by the same title about what I wish I knew about events when I began my career. It's a thought-provoking question!

I wish I'd had a better understanding of budgeting... more importantly tracking and reporting to my stakeholders.

I wish I'd had the ability to ask for help. I did way too many things on my own, causing other people last-minute churn to fix my mistakes.

I wish I'd had coaching on how to not take things personally when a team member suggested I do something a different way.

Ah youth... it's wasted on the young!

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