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So always remember when you're a Grammar Girl you're like the Queensland State of Origin leanT - 10 foot tall and bullet proof - Class of '93, go get 'Gin WELCOME To THE OLD GIRLS

11 tool{ nTe almost two years to do it. When yoti do - make sure your feel are rtinning at a million nilles an ITour and you 1< ick and screan\ like the rest (metaphorically speaking that is) just 10 get a foot on the lowest rung of the ladder No longer does the Uni degree pay for' 11}e cornHakes on The table or for the car yoti're trying to convince your Dad he should buy I'd like to share with yoLi a few pointers that I've learned over the years - I wish I'd learned thenT sooner and some of them easier. I ITope they may be of some value . Firstly, you're silly if yoti tiy 10 do it on your own - involve your family and friends - they're your suppoit system. Develop your network, loin organisations where you'll I}}eel role models - the Friends of Girls' Grammar is a marvellous initiative in This way. Always keep your eye our for a 11Tentor - someone you admire and respect who Tells it as it is - reinforcing your strengths and guiding yo\I in yotir weakness. Incidentally, it's just as likely 10 be a male as female - clespite wllat yoLi ITear and read there's a lot of men out there who Linderstand and foster female potential in the workforce . Tiy to be clear about your values, know who yoLi are and believe in yourself. Your self image is tlle most important asset yoLi have to ensure success - know your sirengtlTs and what \, ou can offer. Don't be 100 ITard on yourselves when yoLi make mistakes - treat them as learning opportunities - if yoti don't lake risks you' re not trying and not learning . One of the biggest problems I ITad was learning 10 take criticisnT - and accepting it for what it was. It's to help not humiliate - bur for me it was like going through the pain barrier I was close to 30 before I realised that I was limiting IT}y opportunities to grow by being defensive an <1 shutting out this feedback . Set yourself long and short term goals. Write them down. visualise them, set time frames and stay focused. One of my heroes is Gaby KennaTd who says very simply "if yoti can dream it. do it. " . Don't always expect life to be fair. It's not so inucl} what happens 10 yoLi I)ui \vlTat yoti CIO willT it that nTakes the difference. We all ITave choices - to take control and be a survivor or be a viciinT and let others control our destiny Remember, there are three 1<1nds of people in the world, Those who nTake things ITappen; TITose who watch things happen; ancl Those who don't know what the hell ITappened . And, above all, make sure that whatever yoLi do career wise, enjoy it ancl nave ftin. Overnight success Lisually lakes about 15 years!!!ILidge it by how inLiclT your're enjoying peace of mind. beanll and love I aiTT extremely confident that your experiences as a Gram- mar Girl will be invaluable witarever cared^, oLi choose. You can achie\, e anything that yoti put yoLu^rimcl to if you're tough, determined. patient and nang on 10 yo\n' sense of ITUmour I would like 10 leave yoti with tilese words froii\ Marlin Lullter King: "We am'I what we want to be, we ain't what we o0nna be but than1< God we am'I what we LISecl to be. "

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