Life 101 – Free Advice

Friends posing happily indoors

I just returned from my home state of South Carolina where I spoke to more than 600 of the state’s young journalists at the South Carolina Scholastic Press Association’s 75th Anniversary. (More on that soon.) What a treat it was for me to see all the bright-eyed (and hip-clad) students. Seems that lots of people responded to one piece of advice I gave, so I thought I’d share it with you: “If you wait to get everyone’s permission, you’re never going to get anything done.