Which lessons have you carried with you from college to the workplace? 

Don't bring your laptop into important meetings.

Admit it. Whether in a classroom or a conference room, when you have your laptop open, the temptation to catch up on email, respond to an instant message, or look through your open tabs is at an all-time high. But who could blame you? Some classes and some meetings are just more important than others. But for those you want to actually get something out of, simply closing your laptop can make a huge difference.

"I had a couple sections in college where we weren't allowed to use computers, and I found myself able to concentrate and participate so much better in those sections than in the ones where I could bring my laptop," remembers Lanya Olmsted, Conversion Rate Optimization Specialist at HubSpot. "I know I came out of some lectures without a clue what was lectured on because I was iMessaging, Facebooking, and online shopping. So at work, if there's a meeting where I don't need my computer to take notes (like a brainstorming session), I won't bring it."

Being scrappy can actually work.

For most of us, college was the first time we had to fend for ourselves -- and it kind of felt like we were airdropped into unfamiliar territory. In other words, there was a lot of stuff we had to figure out on the fly. (See #1, "Google Everything.")

Remember how intimidating that felt? But the survival skills we picked up as a result would ultimately become empowering -- and super handy for navigating real life later on.

"As a poor, starving college student, you often have to just 'make it work,'" says Leaning. "I would go weeks with $20 in my bank account, but I figured out how to get so many things for free."

I saw this in action, too. My group of friends whipped up a calendar of local restaurant deals, so we'd always know when and where to get the best bang for our buck. Sandwiches half-off every Monday afternoon? Yes, please.

"I always think back to these moments when I don't have a ton of resources at my fingertips and need to just make it work and get by," says Leaning.

Don't have an iron? Hot showers work pretty well.

Speaking of being scrappy ... this old trick worked like a charm in college, and it sure as heck works like a charm after college.

"In college, I had neither the space for an ironing board nor the money to buy one," says Corey Eridon, Managing Editor of HubSpot's Blog Team. "I figured since my apartment bathroom was so small (and by extension got steamy real fast), it would help iron out my clothes without having to invest the money and space in an ironing board/iron setup. Today I have an iron, but when I'm running late for work, I still use the shower steam technique to get my clothes de-wrinkled and looking professional."

Schedule time with people you can learn from.

"When I was in my freshman year, I was intimidated to go to office hours or schedule meetings with professors," says Olmsted. "I eventually took the first step in my junior year and got coffee with my design professor. It was a great conversation, and she has since become one of my best mentors."

"Taking the initiative to schedule those that I could learn from academically can also apply in the workplace. You can get coffee with managers, those on your team, and even those not on your team to find opportunities for collaboration, learn how they got to where they are now, and discover cool projects people are working on."

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