Peer to Peer Magazine

MATTER CENTRICITY ENABLED • See every problem as an opportunity. Whenever there is a road block — a computer server goes down, the "doomamhitchie" stops megabyting, etc. — there are bottlenecks in the day-to-day process to make or save money. If the road block is viewed as an opportunity, the opportunist will dive in, solve the puzzle and — here's the point — get the credit. Guess who gets promoted! • Dress for success. Cover the piercings and tattoos, unless you work for the U.S. Navy, Dell, Apple or Harley Davidson. Dress for the job you want, not the job you have. It works! We have the right suite of products to help your firm achieve Matter Centricity. Mitigate your risks today, easily and efficiently! Scan above for Matter Centricity Suite details. 60 Peer to Peer Another boomer, my friend Daniel Stenger — a partner at Hogan Lovells — recently gave advice to an aspiring new associate at a law firm by quoting Woody Allen: "Eighty percent of success is showing up." Just show up! Be at the office, in person, during business hours, and you'll see opportunities fall in your lap. While it's true that work can be done from almost anywhere these days, time is wasted in the back-and-forth of communicating via email, text and telephone. Not to mention, you miss out on in-person opportunities. Try to be in the office before the boss and in the office when the boss leaves. They will notice. WORKING TOWARD THE SAME GOALS Millennials grew up being told by our boomer parents and mentors that the sky is the limit, we can do anything and to seize every opportunity. These were ego- and dreaminflating inspirations, and we believed them. Because of this, we are often labeled as self-indulgent and selfobsessed. Our actions and traits are not misidentified, they're just mislabeled. If someone says self-indulgent and self-obsessed, I say optimistic and confident. They say fickle and high-maintenance; I say open to change and unwilling to settle. We all have something to learn from each other, and we all have the same goals and desires in our careers. Once we understand each other, organizations can unveil the advantages of the Y factor.

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