#rinsewashrepeat

A challenge I have been dealing with these days is overcoming age bias. I am 22. I am a shit-stain in the business world, a nobody, a newbie, an intern, you get the drift. I know I am capable of doing anything, and I don’t say that arrogantly in that I know everything. It means I have the willingness and drive to figure out how to do anything I set my mind to do. It might not be in a day, or a week, or even a month - but I know I will be able to do it. So with this in mind, I am learning patience. As the saying goes, Rome was not made in a day. Here are the lessons I have learned so far.

Even if I am capable of doing what I say I am doing, there is no past history of me doing it, so obviously people doubt me. So what do I have to do? Like credit, I have to build a history of good faith showing that I walk the walk and not just talk the talk. That is - if I even want to gain their trust. I always have the option of walking away from my company and doing what I say I want to do. The risk of that is that I am all on my own and if I fail, then there is no security. I guess God is my security, isn’t he? Although at this point, I think he has provided a job for me and through that he has provided me security. To run away from that because I think God will save me on my terms would be foolish... getting side-tracked. 

To summarize, 1) if I am going to say that I can do something, then 2) I must also be able to show how I will do it and lastly, 3) I must actually do it. Only once I can continuously repeat step 4) which is to complete steps 1 - 3, will I finally get the recognition that I claim to deserve.