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Richard is a market pricing strategy senior analyst at Southwest Airlines.
"Working through college was never much of a question for me. In fact, I’ve been working since I was a 14-year-old high school freshmen washing dishes and making salads at a pizza joint in Wyandotte, Michigan. I’ve bussed tables, washed dishes, and prepped salad bars all through high school. My father taught me the value of hard work and told me that once I turned 18, he would help me get a job with Northwest Airlines at the Orlando airport as a way to get into the airline business. I couldn’t contain my excitement. I was finally within reach of my dream: working for the airlines.
"Similar to how you started preparing for college when you entered high school, preparation for graduate school begins during your undergraduate education. One key element of applying for admission into most graduate schools is having a competitive score on the standardized exam related to your career path.
"One of the most valuable lessons I took from the experience was learning when to use my strengths to lead, and when to use them to assist. Throughout my high school years, I preferred leading a group and doing the job myself, and that meant doing it right. I disregarded individual talents and believed that a solid finished product created by myself was more attractive than a cohesive collaboration from a team. Being put in a situation where I was forced to be dependent on my co-staffers was difficult at first, but I was rewarded.
