Day 6,
Memorial Day festivities were a blast! (I did pretty much nothing – which made it SO good!) My family and I went strawberry picking however, since it was near the end of the season for strawberries, many were quite mushy. I drove which was quite an accomplishment for me as I am terrified of driving and reluctantly obtained my Level 1 learner’s permit recently. We watched “Behind the Attraction” together as a family. A poignant series of documentaries on how Disney Attractions were built, we watched two. One about the different history of the differing Disney castles for each park and one about Tower of Terror and the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind revamp in California. Additionally, I went to a friend’s house and played the perfect amount of Mario Kart and Minecraft for my liking. For work today, there was a different pattern for today’s work! We met with Dr. Tracy Collier. He has worked in the industry since he was 18 and has a 47-page long resume! I asked him two questions and eagerly wrote down his responses in a non grammatically correct form.
How do you choose what to focus on? Things that put you outside your comfort zone, sounds interesting and for a good cause, taking some risks going down different lanes.
What skills do you feel were the most important to develop early in your career or during college, that either you developed or wish you would’ve developed earlier? Sense is of humor critical, the ability to bond with people through showing this world isn’t as serious, most important skill: EQ, emotional quotient can you understand and empathize with people.
He was extremely helpful and humble and talking with him really helped put into perspective different opportunities within the field.
Mickey