K Magwood:  

The years go by so fast, just blessed I'm still here living my best life! MommyFrazzled's View On Business: Get Rich Quick Or Hard Work I am now crossing into becoming a parent of a child who is finished with High School and will be going to the next phase of her life. All graduates whether going on to college or not will be focused on careers. Making money. This is something everyone wants. The ultimate dream, big house, several cars, private jets, etc. What they see on TV is not always how the real world is. When I was younger I looked at the HoneyMooners and Ralph always had a get rich quick scheme. They never worked out, ever. He was a bus driver, he was married, he had a place to live, he had friends. He wanted more. Wanting more is different from ambition. Ambition takes planning. Get rich quick schemes do not work, if they did there would be tons of rich people. As my daughter moves forward, I put it to her to choose a career she feels she will like, one she knows she will be great at. It is possible to end up with a career you never thought you would have but it works because you are good at it, or you know to feed your family you have to work. I have absolutely no intention of getting her a job. My job was to raise her, she now will do what she has learned. I will advise her, offer her suggestions, and be there as support. Ambition is the desire for personal achievement. I worked and I liked each job I had. Every time I got promoted, my very next thought was what do I have to do to get to the next level. I never was content. My plan was not to be stagnant. As long as I have a brain, common sense, and sense enough to know I do not know everything there is always something new to learn then I will keep going. I learned quite a bit during my career, and I am still learning. One thing that is a skill is listening. It amazes me how many people do not listen. Every time someone is talking to give them information they don’t know they are talking. I listen to everything, and I do learn new things. I have always been one to share information. I can be impatient when someone does not listen. I don’t like talking just to hear myself speak though I am told I have a nice speaking voice. I honed that voice more by doing public speaking, teaching classes, and pitching ideas. Listening is not only taking in the words it is taking in the information the words are relaying. Because people can hear the words 10 times, and then tell you I heard you. They heard the words, they paid no attention to the message the words were relaying. It is because they thought they heard it or knew it already. The problem is, they will not get get far. You never know it all. That is the primary reason some people do not get far. Listening is a skill, without it you will not get far. I have always found it amusing when someone asks for help, I tell them what to do and they don’t do exactly as I said, or don’t do it at all. Yet they ask why isn’t anything happening. Because I did my part and told you what to do, you did not do your part. Simple. If what you already had in place was not working and you ask for help, and do not follow directions for whatever reason, then you should not be surprised at the end result. You got what you put into it, nothing. That is straight bottom line, it is why it is called work. Kevin Hart, said it, Everybody wants to get paid, but not everyone wants to put in the work. Absolutely. Communication is the opposite side of listening. Communication is a huge part of business. It can make or break any job. I have always been drawn to people who give a speech and it empowers you. Sometimes the topic was not necessarily anything that would affect me personally but I understood it completely based on how it was relayed. I learned early in my career how if you communicated in a way that engaged whoever was listening or was said in way the masses would understand you would benefit in any career. I speak based on my audience. I can talk to anyone from the newest and lower level staff members straight up to the top. I am telling the exact same thing but I am relaying the information in a way someone new doesn’t feel they are not smart or that someone is talking down to them. It happens, I am aware beca...Expand for more