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The number one rule of MVPs

The number one rule of MVPs

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The number one rule of MVPs

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- When it comes to the shift between school and the world of work, a lot of things stay the same, like your grades turn into performance reviews. You reported to a teacher, and now you report to a boss. And constantly texting your friends is still frowned upon. But there are some differences too. For example, in school, there's a lot of variation in terms of time. You go to class for 45 minutes, and then you get a break. You get graded on a semester, and then you start over. You have one teacher for a year, and then you get a new teacher. But work is more like a huge group project that never ends, and that can be tough at first. And it's up to you to pace yourself. In my senior year, I was taking five classes. I had an internship and a job. The day was always different, and there was always a new challenge. And then I started working a 40-hour-a-week job the next semester. And I remember just sitting there at my desk thinking this is it all day for the next 40 years. Hello, anxiety…

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