{"id":2362,"date":"2014-10-01T13:54:58","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T13:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2014-10-21T16:15:49","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T16:15:49","slug":"on-to-year-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/2014\/10\/01\/on-to-year-two\/","title":{"rendered":"On To Year Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was my one-year anniversary on the Wabash campus, and such a milestone served as a good time to hit the brakes and reflect on the knowledge gained in the last 365 days I\u2019ve managed to put in the rear-view mirror.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve asked a series of questions in every Wabash interview I\u2019ve done in that time. A stream-of-consciousness thing, quick thoughts to see how people think. On this occasion, I felt like looking at the wisdom of the answers to one question in particular:<\/p>\n

What advice would you give your 10-year-old self?<\/i><\/p>\n

The answers loosely fell into three categories: don\u2019t take life to seriously, try new things, and work hard.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s simple, right? Not exactly.<\/p>\n

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Ivan Koutsopatriy \u201816.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With a year to reflect and a little institutional knowledge now working to my advantage, each answer now carries a little more weight.<\/p>\n

The guys who fell into the \u201cdon\u2019t take life too seriously category\u201d are some of the most focused and driven people around, like Ivan Koutsopatriy \u201816, Scott Purucker \u201816, Derrick Li \u201814, Jared Lang \u201808, and Brent Bolick \u201891.<\/p>\n

Koutsopatriy simply stated, \u201cDo you<\/i>,\u201d when I asked him that question. Sage advice from a guy who was described as having \u201ca core of energy that is just bottomless,\u201d according to chemistry professor Lon Porter.<\/p>\n

Those who championed new experiences relied on the benefits of lessons learned.<\/p>\n

Brian Kopp \u201898, a senior vice president for sports solutions at STATS, Inc., said, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid to try new things and to make mistakes because sometimes that\u2019s when you learn the most.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a guy who is using captured data to change the way NBA head coaches, some of the most regimented people you\u2019ll ever meet, think and analyze the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake advantage of a lot of different opportunities,\u201d said Steve Ganson \u201873, who has officiated high school basketball for 37 years. \u201cDon\u2019t let something strange scare you away,\u201d<\/p>\n

Those are words of wisdom from a Wally who caught the officiating bug during his Wabash days as a manager when the basketball coach suggested he referee the team scrimmages even though he had zero experience and admits now that he didn\u2019t know much about the game back then.<\/p>\n

Acclaimed artist and art advocate Matthew Deleget \u201894 took a more practical role in advice distribution, stating, \u201cThere is virtue in working hard and people who work hard have greater insights into things.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cStudy as a hard as possible,\u201d was the response from biology and German double major Jingwei Song \u201815.<\/p>\n

While insights gained from studying more and working hard are undoubtedly beneficial, I\u2019ll end with the thoughts of Emmanuel Aouad \u201810, who said, \u201cDo everything exactly the same and you\u2019re going to be all right.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m still not certain whether Emmanuel intended to deliver such a thought in the hopeful regard that we all eventually find our passion, or that he was experienced enough to be patting himself on the back. In true Wabash fashion, he delivered it with a smile and all the confidence to say there wasn\u2019t a wrong interpretation.<\/p>\n

That reminds me of something a professor announced to the class on my first day of graduate school. \u201cThere are no wrong answers here,\u201d he said. \u201cYou will only be judged by how intelligently you defend your positions.\u201d<\/p>\n

My education continues. On to year two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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