Great Advice Is Closer Than You Know

If you are in graduate school or beyond, you've lived long enough to know how to respond to challenges that life presents you. What would your younger self tell you?

"Graduate students usually begin their academic lives as people who’ve been good at something. Some were good at seemingly everything back in high school: scholar athlete musicians or actor journalist debaters who enjoyed the challenges of juggling deadlines, pushing for personal bests and exploring their many capabilities. They played well with others, got elected to student council or passionately volunteered in a deep way that made a difference in the lives of countless of those less fortunate."

Victoria McGovern is a senior program officer at the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and a member of the Graduate Career Consortium -- an organization providing an international voice for graduate-level career and professional development leaders.

For the full article, visit: https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2020/03/30/advice-overcome-career-challenges-listen-your-younger-self-opinion