Would you rather have your name in lights on something that was known ahead of time would be a success, even if you had little to no true impact on its outcome...
OR...
Take a shot at something that could fail just as easily as it could succeed, knowing you stood to receive all the blame/all the credit when it was over?
From here on out lets park the term "job search"...say, in a lot somewhere near a large scrap yard.
I have no interest in finding just a job...I want to find a challenge.
At halftime of a soccer friendly, ( that is a non league, scrimmage type format for those not into the most beautiful game on earth ) I asked our team today, up 4-0, what mattered the most to them coming into the day.
Quickly a predictable response came..."To Win." ( wrong answer )
So here is my question for you.
If you "win" a game, or get a "job" does that define success?
Try these on...
"A win is a win", ""Winning ugly is still winning", "You play to win the game".
Translation?
"A job is a job", "A bad job is still a job", "The goal is to get the job".
If this is your approach you are going to get exactly what you are looking for...a J-O-B.
Do yourself a favor today.
Pull up a chair and watch the USA vs. England World Cup Game at 2:30pm. 90 minutes of risk, chances taken, willingness to fail and missed shots.
If the score ends up 1-0 USA, will anyone care about the missed shots along the way?
Nope.
And if the USA loses, will some say it was a failure? Yeah, and those are the same people that would rather sit back on the defense, play it safe, and hope to get lucky at some point in the match. ( AKA..."Job getters" )
Stop looking for just a job, and pursue greatness...a challenge...your calling.
So take the shot already!
When it's all said and done you might just look up and find the score...
You = 1
Your competition = 0
With Expectancy,
The Zuke
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