- Worst piece of career advice
that somebody gave me, hmm.
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- The worst career advice I ever received was,
you're working for the man and all he wants to do
is take advantage of you, so take advantage of him
as much as you can.
What did I receive from that, well, I got fired.
What I learned from that, when you go and work someplace
you have eight hours or 10 hours
you're gonna spend there a day.
How can you get the most education that you can,
from that place, also that will help you
contribute more to that place
and even if it doesn't work out,
you'll move forward in your career
and you'll take that education someplace else.
When I worked at Red Lobster I would study
those quarterly reports that showed how much they made,
they made more off of appetizers, desserts and drinks.
More than they did off the steak, I would later on use that
and understand that I wouldn't really make money
off of selling big coats, I would make more money
off of jeans and t-shirts and socks, very simple.
Take education wherever you're working.
It's gonna better you and the boss.
- Worst piece of career advice?
- Some of the worst career advice I've ever received,
this girl walked up to me, she's like, "Tank,
"you know what's going on, you need to rap.
"You need to do gangster rap."
And I was like, "So I should just stop singing?"
"Stop singing, they don't wanna hear that shit."
And worst piece of advice, and I rapped a couple songs
and it didn't quite turn over,
it didn't feel as Drake-ish as I thought it was gonna feel,
so I just stick to the singing, I just stick to the singing,
and it's been working for me, when we.
I ain't gonna say the rest, you know the rest.
- Mmm, mmm.
- Worst piece of career advice somebody has ever given me
was to go back to my nine to five because times were bad.
I'm an entrepreneur, I've had my own business for the last
12 years, but what entrepreneurs know
is there're ups and downs, this was a crazy spot,
I was almost homeless, I was living outta people's offices,
I remember walking 100 blocks in New York
cause I only had two dollars and I was like,
"Do I ride the train, or do I walk
and get me some beans and rice when I get uptown?"
And they said, "Just go back and get another job."
Awful advice, because entrepreneurs, we understand that
if we know what we're doing, we know we been called to it,
we know this is our time, it's gonna take time to build.
And so give yourself the space and time to build,
as opposed to putting shackles back on
because the times get rough.
- I'm drawing a blank, I don't listen to people.
(sighs)
- Oh, what's that, wassup, wassup, wassup with you?
- Come on, somebody's had to say
some dumb shit to me at some point.
- The worst piece of career advice that I've ever gotten
was from a buddy of mine who shall remain nameless right now
cause it was a bonehead idea, and I was even more boneheaded
for following this dude's advice.
I was going through a terrible time of my life,
financially, horrible, broke as,
I had kids, I gotta take care of the kids,
I had no money for them,
what am I gonna do to get some money?
My homeboy told me, "Slick,
"you need to get nine ounces of hard,
"get on the plane and go straight to New Orleans
"and get your money."
And I was like, "Sounds pretty good man", but,
after, after being down there a little bit
and seeing some doughboy ways, man,
I found out that wasn't the life for me,
I'm just glad I made it out, unscathed, but,
yeah man, that was the wort piece of career advice
I got, get them nine ounces of hard
and go out there and sell that dough.
- Oh okay, somebody asking to work with me who,
was terrible, and it was just like, oh, this is a
horrible idea, because you're horrible,
you know what I mean, and they're like, "No, we should work,
"and you know, I gotta budget", and it's like,
"Nope, you couldn't, you can't pay me to do this,
"and subject my ears to this trash-ness,
"you know, my ears are trained.
"I know when it's flat, when it's sharp,
"and, you're horrible, so,
"I'm gonna have to, you know, have to pass on this."