College Motivator #73: Live Life with No Regrets, but...

COLLEGE LIFE
MOTIVATOR

#73


Live
life with no regrets but understand the consequences of your decisions. 
Your professors should understand that you need to miss class to attend
a job interview.  However, you will still
be responsible for getting class notes and making up any required work.







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Know the
consequences of no regrets.




I
had a student who said there was a “pie in the sky” casting call for some
production, but it meant getting in line and waiting for hours at a downtown
hotel.  And missing my class.




I
simply told her that she could go, but was responsible for getting class notes
from a fellow student.  I believe in
going after opportunities, even when it means sometimes doing the irresponsible
thing, like telling a professor that you need to ditch class for a pipe dream
of a chance at something big.




I
learned that lesson as a law student, when I was clerking at the U.S.
Attorney’s Office.  A movie was being
filmed downtown starring Robert Redford, and they needed extras to fill up an
old minor league baseball stadium. 
Instead of playing on green grass, I did the responsible thing by going
to work that day.




Years
later, every time I see The Natural, I say to myself: “If only I called
in sick that day.”  Thankfully, this is a
minor regret.  It serves as a lesson to
me about risk taking and understanding the consequences.  Be a risk taker in your college life, but
know where to draw the foul line.