Trevor Jackson Quotes

Each job I had wasn't necessarily the perfect job, but I always talk to young women about how you really have to take certain things from each job and learn from that and then move on to something you really want to do.

I got the first job and kept going. Once I got a job, I very much wanted to keep getting jobs, basically. I did try to learn what I could in those first couple of decades.

I wanted to be an architect, and I ended up at my job in San Francisco, and if you would have asked me then, that was one of the greatest jobs that had happened to me in terms of my career.

I must say I have turned down several great companies, so I'd probably say I have to keep learning.

I think when it comes to re-signing with an organisation, there's no real compromise if you're trying to move on.

I always found new challenges in my career.

As you go through your career you learn what works for you and what doesn't and you pick things up with experience.

Stay as connected as you can. Sometimes that means you're going to do a job that may not pay you much but may give you a great connection. If the work is not going the way you need it to go, create your own!

A job leads to a job, just like anything else, and it became apparent that this was probably what I was going to keep doing.

I started out as a lawyer and came in laterally to Goldman Sachs. So I learned myself that life is unpredictable. That you really should, in terms of your career, try to be excellent at what you're doing. I think if you focus on your job, and you focus on being broad in the context of your job, the next jobs follow from that.

I tell people in their careers, 'Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.'

The whole goal for me with my career is just follow good projects and good parts and challenge myself as much as I can.

My first job was to run a concessions cart. Later, I found a position at the Pacific Film Archive. Thus began a long series of jobs, each one slightly better than the last, that continued for a decade, until I sold my first novel, and still goes on, even now.

I'm thrilled with how my career is evolving.

I've never had a job in my life that I was better than. I was always just lucky to have a job. And every job I had was a steppingstone to my next job, and I never quit my job until I had my next job.

I would like more challenging roles. I definitely would like to something that's more challenging.

I think people tend to apply where they think the greatest opportunities lie.

Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?

After graduating from college I worked at a variety of jobs, from banking to politics. I enjoyed whatever I was doing at the time but I didn't love my work.

Every job leaves its residue, a bit of extra knowledge, a new skill-set.

The decisions that you make in your career stem out from the experiences you have early on in your career.

I was never afraid of taking the wrong job because maybe it would hurt me. I was more interested in the experience.

Take any job in a growing, exciting company. You'll learn so much.

I'm excited about developing as a Diva and finding where my place is in this company.

I look to gain experience wherever I play.