Who were you when you started? And by that I mean ... What did you have in you?

Yeah, you graduated from college, and you were full of piss and vinegar, and you were ready to go out and see that great big old world out there.

Why?

What was it that made you feel you had more than the next guy or gal out there? What was it?

Maybe it was a sense.

A sense that this life is full and new and exciting and more thrilling than you could ever have hoped for.

Maybe it was a sense that you had something in you that you had to get out – had to share – had to make a part of this great, great drama.

Maybe it was a belief that this universe, this life, this story, needed you in it.

When you look at your old photos, do you recognize that young and eager and excited and naive and energetic young person?

It was you, and everything that has come in the years since has been the result.

I got to thinking about this while I was watching the new "Star Trek" movie out this week. Of course, any entertainment that has to do with getting your first job and growing up in it is very interesting to your correspondent!

There's a scene in the movie where Captain Spock has to tell young Kirk to get out of "the chair." Eager and ambitious Kirk wasn't waiting for permission from anybody.

And that got me to thinking: whoever it is that you want to be, be it today.

Don't wait for Starfleet, or your commander, or your colleagues, to tell you it's OK. Be that person. Today.

You know you have it in you. You know it's your destiny.

Live long and prosper, indeed.

Warmest regards,

Marc Cenedella
Founder & CEO
TheLadders.com, Inc.