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I graduated from college in May of 2019 – 14 months ago… Like most people graduating college I felt a little lost. I had a job lined up but was not extremely passionate about it (I’m still not). I made a rule for myself that I would give myself a Continue Reading

Should I buy an Amazon Store? Over the course of the last 12 months I have thought a lot about buying an e-commerce “business”. Originally, I thought buying a content site or blog would be ideal. It could make money through affiliate commissions but would also give me bargaining power Continue Reading

I have been on a huge Scott Adams kick recently. If you do not know who Scott Adams is you are missing out. He is the creator of the comic strip Dilbert. He has also written several non fiction business books, including How To Fail At Almost Anything and Still Continue Reading

I made a goal this year to take notes and write a blog article for every book I read in 2020. This has not gotten off to a great start. I have already read more books but I have been terrible about taking notes and actually publishing articles. Below are Continue Reading

Always Say Yes My interview at the tool store was weird.  In retrospect it was not a good interview, but it taught me several extremely important lessons. Anytime I apply for a new job I always find myself coming back and replaying this interview in my head. I am going Continue Reading

Why You Should be Skeptical of Easy Interviews After applying for around 15 jobs and internships in Columbia I got ended up with 5 companies emailing me back asking me to come in for an interview. I was a little bummed that my top 3-5 places were not interested in Continue Reading

A stepping stone job is a job you really do not want, but you know is necessary to get you where you want to go. Examples of this could be working as a teller at a bank if you want to get an internship there or being a coffee monkey Continue Reading

My First Taste of E-commerce After I got a job at the Oakley store I realized I needed to be way more proactive about finding an internship and a better job. The Oakley store was actually pretty fun and I was making more money per hour than any of the Continue Reading

Making Lemons Out of Lemonade This is part 2. Part 1 is here. During the summer of my sophomore year I felt completely trapped and lost. I had spent the last year and a half trying to get straight A’s to make sure I got into the accounting program and Continue Reading

How Not To Pick A Major How Not to Choose a Major/ How Not to Find an Internship After I my sophomore year of college I found myself in a bit of a dilemma. As a freshman, I had listed my major as “business-undeclared”. This meant I immediately got thrown Continue Reading