I am faced with a couple of choices in the near future, none of which are easy but they are necessary to keep my career progressing to the level I need it to.
First, I need to get back to education. I am pretty scared of going back, largely because I didn't have the concentration the last time round to sit still and learn. I really didn't enjoy school or university because I couldn't focus on one thing at a time, and I just didn't absorb the material.
However, I got decent A levels, but poor university results. I spend the majority of my time working to make money, I found out that I was quite good at that and because I have so much energy, I made alot of money. This is what interested me.
So when leaving University, I did what any ambitious person with poor grades probably did- I lied through my teeth about my degree. Because the position was so low-grade, the cost of running a check would have been prohibitive, and so I got in without a hitch. Since then, my experience has driven me up the ladder, so academic achievement hasn't really featured in anything I have susbsequently done.
For 5 years, that was enough- working long hours and getting an edge over peers by working incredibly hard, going great work and delivering on promises. However, two things have happened since:
* the lack of academic achievement gnaws at me- I know I could have done miles better in my degree, and I want to prove that to myself and;
* Once you get to a certain level in career, working hard and being charismatic don't create that much of an edge because everyone works hard etc.
I have looking at degrees to take in September, but I am concerned about my lack of attentiveness years ago, plus I tried taking a smaller course about years ago and didn't stick it out because I got bored with it.
Obviously this is going to be a challenge, but one I have to meet. It has been put off for too long...bring it on.
