Spring 2016 Boyles Lecture
David Carroll, Senior EVP, Wealth and Investment Management at Wells Fargo & Company was the 57th Boyles Distinguished Lecturer on March 24, 2016 at the Holmes Convocation Center on the campus of Appalachian State University.
Mr. Carroll's speech, Making – and Keeping – Yourself Relevant in Today's World, offered students from all backgrounds relevant advice, including to:
- Be intentional about your appearance.
- Control your attitude (You're in charge of your own morale.)
- Know where you are, where you want to go, and how you're going to get there.
- Volunteer in the community - raise your hand - go do something for someone else.
- Be aware that your email and internet activitiy is being monitored.
- Make a friend in the technology business.
- Smile a lot.
- Learn the fine line between recognition and humility.
- Be mobile, willing to go where others will not.
- Look people in the eye when you talk to them, literally.
- Raise your hand. It's an incredible differentiator to be the only one asking for more work.
He also challenged students in attendance to:
- Be self aware. Ask for feedback (then listen and act on it.)
- Become adept at knowing & reading people, don't overlook the human element.
- Develop communication skills, convey ideas to bring people together and get things done.
- Be adept at reinventing yourself when you hit life's roadblocks.
- Be ambidextrous; Learn to operate fluidly between your left and right brain.
- Be well read, adept at developing literacy in career path.