Walking on campus the very first day of Freshman year, I personally had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. Each year I would change my mind to something different and the stress from loving so many things was overwhelming. It started off as a Pediatrician, then a Veterinarian, then a doctor, then a psychologist and then lastly PR. Most would say that these careers are all extremely different and other would say that it's just the journey that life takes you on.
I ended up declaring my major at the end of freshman year, confident that I wanted to be the party guy who knew everyone and anyone. I wanted to be the go to guy when people wanted to have fun or impress others. This is when I decided to declare majoring in PR as the start of my long journey. While PR can be a very broad field, it is also very rewarding at the same time with so many benefits. What I have learned is that PR isn't just about being that guy who had all of the connections but it was about being that guy who created those connections and actually put others needs and requests before their own.
Dan Edelman was the first to show that PR is more than just being the party guy, but being the professional that all young PR graduates aspire to be. He is the man that everyone looks up to and seeks guidance from when knowing what to do and how to do it. Dan Edelman is a man that proves that with hard work and dedication, one can achieve anything possible. At only the age of 15, Dan graduated High School and entered college. He was an extremely hard working man and knew that he wanted to do PR from the moment that he left college and entered the Army where he was the PR Specialist. It took a lot of work but his journey began at a very young age where he knew what he wanted to do all his life.
The PR industry is changing dramatically each and every day. With new technology being surfaced and new forms of outreach and promoting are thought of, the world of PR will constantly be changing. As PR professionals, we have to be able to adapt ourselves to these new changes each and every day and we have to be able to learn fast in order to strike up positive results with the clients and competition. I think that I will always love PR because it's not just about being that party guys to me anymore. it's a lifestyle that I want to be a part of and an industry that I think I could succeed in. Dan Edelman is a terrific role model and through his lessons and experience, I know that through each chapter that I read, I will gain new information that isn't even comparable to what we learn in classes or in internships. My journey with PR has just begun but I can't wait to see what lies down the road ahead.
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