Follow Your Dreams

Taken from getfitwithnikki.com

What I learned

This week we were asked to read a case study about Magdalena Yesil, a very successful entrepreneur who also excelled in marketing and individual investing. She grew up in Istanbul, Turkey, and had dreams of pursuing a career in technology. She knew that in order to have this kind of career she would need to attend college in United States. This eventually led her to California where she received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Stanford. Her education at Stanford landed her a job right out of college in engineering. After a few years there, she left and started working in marketing. Despite having a background in technology and engineering, she didn’t let this stop her and she became a self-taught marketing guru. She then later went on to become a very successful individual investor. I think Yesil’s story is a great example of pushing yourself to always learn more and achieve more. She used every experience she had to push herself forward in pursuing her dreams. Reading her story makes me wonder what it is that motivates me to achieve my dreams. Motivation can come from external sources as well as from within. I hope that I can find the motivation to pursue my passions and dreams and fearlessly as Magdalena Yesil did.

Lessons Not Yet Learned

In this week's lesson we also discussed the topics of honesty and business ethics. We were asked to define ethical guardrails that we would never cross. The obvious ones such a lying, cheating, and stealing are pretty easy for me to commit to never doing. However, I feel that there can be some grey areas sometimes when it comes to ethics in business. I'm still trying to figure out how to best navigate those tricky situations without compromising my values while remaining a loyal employee. 

Weekly Goals

Ponder what motivates me to accomplish my dreams and pushes me to pursue my passions.