Words of Wisdom: Chris Fisher
What have you learned since you were selected?
For a moment I thought I was going to get to let my foot off the gas, you know, coast for a bit. I mean, it took a tremendous amount of work to get there…but I was way wrong. Little did I know, the real work had just begun. The bar was set higher. It was my responsibility more than ever to continue to justify my name on that list.
What do you know now that you wish you knew then?
I wish I knew what I was capable of back then. I didn’t want to upset the apple cart, stir the pot, ruffle feathers when people say “well, we’ve always done it this way.” I would have challenged the status quo more, talked about more of my outside-the-box ideas, allowed myself to fail instead of always taking the sure path…. I know it’s cliche to say, but we all miss the shots we never take.
What advice would you give to aspiring young professionals?
Do your thing, not what someone else thinks you should do. Awards are nice, but there is no greater sense of accomplishment than seeing change for the greater good because of something you did.
