Restle

 

We should all have anger/stress releasing outlets.

What do you do to take your mind away?

What do you do to release stress?

I kick box. I love the form & technique martial arts focus on.

On days I feel extra tense, I go extra hard.

Exercise is my outlet, but kick boxing is my favorite.

Talk less. Do more.

Mark Twain Quote

Keep Trying.

If life were easy!

There would be no gain.

We would have no character.

It used to be that "hard work pays off."

Nowaday I don't necessarily think so.

I think persistence definitely pays off and

"Work smarter, not harder" is more applicable.

And stay persistent.

About AAU

After finding my passion in advertising, I wanted to invest in my self fully by attending an accredited art school. I was serious about my goals and wanted to live in a big city. California seemed like a viable option because I have a handful of family there & the fact that I'd be returning to the state where my roots are.

San Francisco's Academy of Art was where I ended up. With an 80% drop out rate, I realized that it was a competitive school, to say the least. I gathered a general idea of the students around me and observed a few things about what brought them there. Some came to school to find their passions, or 'try it out'. Others came to school to meet people & instructors in the field. And others came to school to make a portfolio & get out. I came to the university to get a degree. Furthermore, I wanted to graduate confident about my skills and career choice in advertising.


Moving to San Francisco was one of the best choices I could have made in terms of life experience, exposure, and opportunity. The advertising school operates like an advertising agency. Group work, sourcing your own art work, juggling multiple projects at a time, and presenting to clients.

What brought you here?

For me, this means what brought you into advertising?

I have always been into helping people whenever possible.
So, as a side job while I was studying art education @ my first college, I used to help my best friends' older brother get through his advertising/marketing classes.

He introduced me to AAF (American Advertising Foundation) and invited me to attend chapter meetings where I was too passionate to be shy. Here I was, this bystander, fully involved in their campaign brainstorm sessions. I jumped in and shared my observations about how human beings think and feel and behave. I was a natural strategist; an idea generator & creative thinker.

I found his homework fascinating! I enjoyed spending time on it.

There came this pivotal moment when I actually considered advertising as a profession.
It seemed like the perfect marriage between communications, art, & psychology.

Since I already had exposure to what the school career was like, I began to question the training a traditional state school like SIU. I looked at what they were doing to prepare their ad students & thought about location, BIG TIME. I decided that if I wanted to study advertising Southern Illinois might not be the direction I wanted to take for a career in advertising. Rather than changing my major, I would change my training.

In retrospect, I think I was exposed to this passion very naturally (helping a friend). 
The realization came to me when I noticed that I was spending more time on his homework than my own. I think finding myself through this example shows a courageous part of my character to move across the country to completely "go for it."

I don't doubt for a second that this is where I am supposed to be AND I just can't wait to look back on the days when I used to get paid $20 an assignment & $50 for finals.

FAVORITE QUOTES

"Why not go out on a limb,  
that's where the fruit is" ~Will Rogers

"Be yourself everyone 
else is already taken" ~ Oscar Wilde

"At the center of your being you have the answer; You know who you are and you know what you want."~ Lao Tai



"What the mind knows
where the mind will go"~ unknown

What does it mean to get LINKED?

Linkedin : 

Sure getting into linkedin helps you get linked. 

That is the first and minimal thing you can do to begin your process.

Getting linked means getting connected. 

Becoming aware of how significant it is to be linked enhances your chances of being noticed.

 

The more effort you put into getting connected the more doors there

to open up for potential opportunities. 

Opportunities are everywhere, but it's up to you to turn them into something.

Networking, getting connected to your self, your peers,

& your community expose you to people

& information to work with.

There are books you can read on being

CONNECTED for further study.

 Here is one that I thought was interesting.

Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
– How Your Friends’ Friends’ Friends Affect Everything You Feel, Think, and Do
Authors: Nicholas A. Christakis, James H. Fowler