College or no college?

The decision that I was faced with four years ago was to choose whether I wanted to go to college or not. Looking back I can remember my parents saying that college was the only thing that would get me ahead in life and that if I went directly into the workforce that I would be limiting my potential. The ultimate outcome would be that I would get a great paying job where I am happy to work and that would be rated at 100. The next outcome would be that I would get a bad paying job where I was not happy and I would rate that as a 0. Going to college and not going to college would lead to the same possibilities, but going to college should have strengthened my odds in getting a good job. If I went to college the odds of me getting a good job would be 50% and getting a bad job 50%. Now if I didnt go to college, my odds would be 20% and 80% respectively. That means that going to college would give me a path score of 50 and not going a score of 20. It seems that going to college would be the better choice path. After starting the job search though... I find that my probabilities may have been slightly off considering I am yet to find a job thus far.

Motivation

Motivation is what drives people to create and produce. People typically do not do things for the sake of doing them. There is always motive for getting something done or accomplishing a task but what motivates people to be productive? Being a college student, I would argue that my number one motivation is monetary. At this point I have grown accustomed to being poor about 90 percent of the time and I have stretched my money as far as it would possibly get me but I work had to make money and the more money I am offered the harder I work. This is true of me now because I do no have much money but in the future I am sure it will be other things that motivate. In my experiences I have found that another create motivator is the feeling of accomplishing a task that at first might have seem impossible. The harder my classes are in school, the more effort that I put into being successful in that class. The joy of getting an A in my entrepreneurship classes as compared to getting an A in introduction to literature are a lot different. Being able to do something that other people failed at is a motivation. Everyone gets an A in introduction to literature but not everyone gets an A in entrepreneurship so there is more motivation to get the A in entrepreneurship and set my self apart from the crowd. Motivation is tricky when you are a leader and the only way to motivate people is to ask them what they want and when you find out what the bigger picture is, you can use their responses to figure out the best way to get people to accomplish the most possible.

Followers

The best leaders have the best followers. Every good leader surrounds themselves with people that help balance out their weaknesses. If you start a company you are most likely to be successful if you can properly analyze your strengths and weaknesses. Once you know what you are good at, it necessary to align yourself with people who have other strengths. Group think is a big problem in corporations. This occurs when there are either too many similar personality types or when employees are to afraid to astray from the consensus of the group. By aligning yourself with a diverse group of people, a company will be able to better review all the alternatives. Keeping the status quo is what causes many companies like general motors to go under due to the unwillingness to change with the times. The problem that non of the lower level employees would voice their opinions and drive the company forward was detrimental for GM. Followers in the article are told to be self motivated individuals that move toward a common goal . This in no way makes the employees brainless slaves. The less the lower level employees contribute their ideas, the less likely the leader will know how to change for the better. Some people are more comfortable being followers but in no way does this mean that they are not an essential part of the company.