KEY LEARNINGS

Embrace your strengths.

You have to be your own advocate.

Acknowledge that you're not perfect and be ok with that.

Find someone who does the things you want to do, and learn from losses and gains throughout their career.

Value your skills and experience.

Work/life balance is important to continue climbing the success ladder.

Networking within and outside of the industry is key.

Set boundaries for yourself so you are not overworked and so your work does not suffer.

Follow up with employers, submitting a job application online is simply not enough.

Know your limitations and how to best balance your life.

It is important to network and keep in contact with your connections

Knowing my worth is key.

Talk to your boss in "their" language

You cannot be entitled.

Don't stay in one place — keep options open!

Take the path less traveled — work around sports through a nonprofit or agency.

Move to a new town to raise chances of getting a foot in the door.

Networking is key.

Underpromise, overdeliver.

Strong communications is imperative.

Need to continue being passionate about what you do.

It takes time to learn how to balance all the things we would like to do in life but it is always possible.

Skate where the puck is going to be.

Network. Network. Network.

Present myself as a solution.

Don't be afraid to ask questions.

Other people are experiencing similar professional hurdles.

If it doesn't feel right it isn't.

Don't be shy to ask for what you want.

Always be professional.

Make friends before you need them.

Follow up.

Networking is serious business.

Sometimes being fired isn't the end of the world.

Don't see yourself as someone's assistant if that's NOT what you want to be.

Patience is valuable in the work world.