My Rules on the Path to Success

Chapter 1: Make the most out of many mentors.

“A wise man one told me “You don’t find mentors; mentors find you,” (Bliwas 17)

As I was in the process of applying to San Diego State University, I found myself confused on what college I wanted to attend; it was until then when I met a great person, my high school counselor. This women is the wisest women that you will ever met; not only did she encourage me to apply to San Diego State University, but she has always been here for me, she was more like a sister to me. As the days went by I started to enjoy spending time with her and helping her with her work during school hours as well as outside school. I knew I could trust her because she had a similar childhood as I did, and she understood where I was coming from; no matter what I did wrong or right she would always support my decisions and would encourage me to do better; she thought me lessons about life, she helped me with any problems that I had, she was my guide to success, and shared her wisdom of how to be successful with me. I will forever be thankful with my mentor who has thought me to never give up no matter how hard the situation gets.

Chapter 2: Trust your instinct.

Trusting my instinct will be beneficial when I start working as a Probation Officer because I would have to “Recogniz[e] who to partner with, who to delegate important jobs to, who to share important information with, who to turn to when you need help—instinct helps us read people in ways that observation and knowledge can’t.”(Bliwas 41) why is it important? Well because at my internship I deal with client’s personal information, part of that is building clients folders that include all their persona information and records. At Metro they trust me with t...

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Chapter 10: Overcome straight line thinking

“Many people think of careers as straight line, a linear progression from one job to the next. They assume that with each job they will gain experience and expertise, preparing them for a better job the next time...” (Bliwas 103) as the book says we as C students should expect the least, but believe in ourselves and that we are capable of becoming successful. In the career that I want to work for competency is very rigid, and maybe becoming a probation officer might take longer that I expect; many obstacles may come along the way and I might have to work doing something else that has nothing to do with what I want to do. I might not even like the career that I choose, and I might have to explore until I find one where I am the most comfortable with until I get to the end of the journey and do what I love the most.