Favorite Parts Of Being A Consultant And Professor At Lucid Morpho
Richard enjoys the variation in being a Business Consultant and Professor, particularly the opportunity to work with passionate people through their highs and lows, from feeling "lost" to feeling like "they've conquered the mountain". Richard finds it rewarding to leverage past experiences, even failures, to help others overcome challenges and build their own success, while acknowledging that access to resources is not equal for everyone.
Entrepreneurship, Overcoming Challenges, Building a Career, Impact, Real-World Examples
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Richard Clarke
Business Consultant and Professor
Lucid Morpho LLC
College of Charleston
University of San Diego (MBA, MS Finance, PhD)
Economics
Education, Manufacturing, Operations & Supply Chain
Consulting
Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Transfer Student, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Variation in the role: The speaker enjoys the variety of experiences, working with people who are passionate about their work and navigating the ups and downs of their journey.
2. Entrepreneurship and overcoming challenges: The speaker highlights entrepreneurship as a path to success, emphasizing the importance of strong partnerships and overcoming unequal access to resources.
3. Building a career and making an impact: The speaker appreciates the ability to shape their own career, learn from past experiences, and have a positive impact, even when mistakes occur.
Transcript
What do you enjoy most about being in your role?
I like the variation because it's so cool to spend time with people who are super excited about what they do. They're not always going to have good days; sometimes they're going to laugh, they're going to cry, they're going to be lost, and they're going to feel like they've conquered the mountain. You have to go through all of those things.
Seeing what opportunities come, I put on the questionnaire that my parents didn't go to college. I think there are lots of ways to find success, and entrepreneurship is one of those ways. If you have the right partners and can figure out how to overcome challenges, you can access resources, which are not equal.
I don't care what anyone says. Everybody has different challenges they're facing on their journey to finding success, however they are. For me, it's really awesome because I get to build my own career and the work that I have. I get to build from things and can say, "Oh, hey, I saw something similar to that in the past."
It's never exactly the same, but you can share those things. It's nice to be able to work really hard and have an impact. And even if I'm wrong, which happens from time to time, it's still good to be out there; it's still good to be doing it.