In this episode, Nathan and Rod discuss:

• What characteristics should a reporter have? 
• The fuel that leads to opportunities and experiences
• Being right versus being first 
• Persevering through adversities 

 

Key Takeaways:

• Curiosity and a willingness to listen are both characteristics of a great reporter but it also applies to people in other careers. 
• Know the role that you're in, know what you're great at, know what energizes you, know how to manage your time and effectiveness, and do the thing that you love.
• Speed isn’t always good. It’s better to be right than to be first. However, if you want to be the best, then strive to be right and be first. 
• Whoever you are and whatever you choose to do in life, you will face adversity. Embracing adversity and persevering through it is what brings forth growth in character and in skill. 

 

"You have to have perseverance. Even if things start going south on you, or you're not finding what you're looking for, you keep looking, you keep pressing, you keep goin…" —  Rod Meloni

 

About Rod Meloni: Rod has been reporting live at least twice a day for 27 years now! As an Emmy Award Winning Business Editor at WDIV-TV you can count on him to be in the middle of whatever late developing business headline that crops up. He also covers stories at the intersection of high finance, municipal mismanagement & corruption. Occasionally, he covers things like politics or general assignment crime. He has a special disdain for, and targets whenever the need, those who would take financial advantage of our senior population. 

He earned a Certificate in Personal Financial Planning from Oakland University [Michigan] & later passed the Certified Financial Planner™ Professional exam; eventually becoming the nation's first ever working journalist to attain Certified Financial Planner™ Professional status. 

 

 

Connect with Rod Meloni: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RodMeloni 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rod-meloni-cfp%C2%AE-b5522316/ 

 

Connect with Nathan Mersereau: 

Phone: 248-645-1520

Website: www.dayinacanoe.com

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @NathanMersereau

LinkedIn: Nathan Mersereau

Address: 36800 Woodward Avenue, Suite 200

Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

 

 

 

Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla

 

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