A summary of career advices that left a mark on me so far.

1. How to market yourself
Random stuff that maybe will land you a job

2. What makes me, me?
Drafting my mission statement. What’s yours?

3. Raluca
29 (..but hey, that’s just a figure)
Marcom. Young manager.
In love with retail and real-estate.
Running enthusiast.
Building things from scratch.
Loyal.

4. How did I get here?
Sometimes, it’s the journey that teaches
you a lot about the destination.

5. That one person
sheding light
“Raluca: what is it that you want from life?
Find the answer and always use it as your anchor.”

6. Oh, the pressure.
Being fairly good at everything and
remarkable at nothing.

7. When in doubt..don’t.
Choosing the ‘one size fits all’ path.
In my case, it was called: business administration.
Had no idea what that meant at the time.
Obviously.

8. AIESEC
Or, in other words, how volunteering changed my life.

9. Being in top 10%
“Such a shame that people perceive you as so arrogant.
Because it’s going to limit what you’re going to accomplish in life”
(Randy Pausch, The Lecture)

10. Earn respect.
Work hard. That's all.

11. No one is perfect,
but a team can be
People are more important than things.
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together

12. Marry Poppins,
my first mentor
“In every job that must be done, there is an element of
fun. You find the fun and snap! The job's a game.”

13. Make the most out of it.
Don’t hurry. You’ll have plenty of time to be an employee.

14. Falling in love with
academics.
Grades might not land you a job.
But they'll surely speak loudly of you.

15. Are you spending your time
on the right things?
Because time is all you have.

17. On money..
Choose your first jobs based on how much value they
bring, not on how much money they pay.

18. The MNC mirage
Getting all suited up.

19. Deutsche Post DHL
The more it'll scare you, the more it'll teach you.

21. My first REAL boss
“My name is Kathleen and there are two main things you
need to know about me:
I don’t believe in wasting time AND nobody is irreplaceable”

22. No matter what you do,
always do your best.
Work hard, put in passion and believe in what you do.
Money will, eventually, follow.

23. Being a sponge
CEOs. Proper command of the English language.
Communication. PR Crisis. Launching planes.
Getting to know different cultures.

24. What are the key
messages?
Focus on goals and how to get there.
What is the purpose of what we’re doing here?

25. Always do your share.
And always deliver. Be consistent.
Getting people to trust you is hard to earn and easy to loose.

26. Be holy and blameless
Work the same, even if no one is looking.

27. Don’t complain
Just work harder.

28. Spot the ones that can
make a difference for you
And make them spot you.

29. Finding the right
balance
Never return to an empty home.
Life is what happens while we’re busy doing something else.

31. Aquavita
The awesome agency times.
Getting to know retail.
Falling in LOVE with retail.

32. Building things
“Working together is a beginning; keeping together is progress;
working together is success.”
(Henry Ford)

34. How to spend the first
minutes of the day
The mise-en-place mourning routine: writing down the To-Do list
Choose three tasks for each day and focus on them.

35. Dream big
You’re wasting your time otherwise.

36. Share the same values
Make sure you’re all seeing the same ending station.

37. Raluca, today
How did I get here? Have no idea.

38. Above all things:
make a plan
If you know where you’re going, half of the way
is already done.

39. Work hard
“The brick walls are there for a reason.”
(Randy Pausch, The Lecture)

40. Always do your best
The recipe for “no hard feelings” in case of failure.

41. Put in passion.
Loads of it
“Choose a job that you love, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life”
(Confucius)
“When work is a pleasure, life is a joy. When work is duty, life is slavery”
(Maxim Gorky)

42. Start early
Don’t waste time.

43. Win the crowd
It might seem easy.
Winning the upper 10% however, is a long row to hoe.
Always aim for that, otherwise you’ll just be another
glory hound that had its (one) day.

44. Motivation is what gets
you started
Habit is what keeps you going.

45. On people..
Accept that there will always be people you'll rub up the wrong way.
One can never be everyone's cup of tea.
Deal with it, accept it and move on.

46. On decisions..
The right personal decisions are, in the end, the ones
that make us sleep better at night.

47. Work hard
Oh.. did I already tell you that?

48. Find a mentor.
Don't choose your job, choose your boss.
Be loyal.

49. Patience
Have patience with all things.
But, first of all, with yourself.

50. Thank you.
Am always one e-mail away:
raluca.munteanu@iuliusmall.com