{"id":10625,"date":"2017-05-20T11:38:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T15:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubesmart.com\/blog\/?p=10625"},"modified":"2017-05-20T11:38:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T15:38:59","slug":"5-life-lessons-learned-napo-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubesmart.com\/blog\/your-space\/organization\/5-life-lessons-learned-napo-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Life Lessons We Learned from Following #NAPO2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.napo.net\/page\/conference_home\">NAPO 2017 Annual Conference<\/a>\u00a0took place April 27th-29th, and we followed the conversation with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NAPO2017?src=hash\">#NAPO2017<\/a>. Here are some of our favorite lessons about that we learned while doing so:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>On taking charge of your career:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;You don&#8217;t build your media career by waiting for a producer to call. Start demonstrating what you do and believe.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NAPO2017?src=hash\">#NAPO2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NAPOLA?src=hash\">#NAPOLA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wouMXWBTHt\">pic.twitter.com\/wouMXWBTHt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nancy Meck (@meck_organizing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meck_organizing\/status\/857742436382191617\">April 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>2. \u00a0On defining your goals:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Toying with a goal? 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Put it on paper. It builds clarity.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Zach?src=hash\">#Zach<\/a> Sexton <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NAPO2017?src=hash\">#NAPO2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NAPOLA?src=hash\">#NAPOLA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Management 180 (@MGMT180_Nadine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MGMT180_Nadine\/status\/858034280987070465\">April 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>5. 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