stop playing the numbers game and never
send out another resume instead of
betting the odds play the game that
improves your odds most people who visit
the casino or gamblers meaning that they
are essentially giving away their money
to the house of her time sure the house
will keep their drinks topped off and
maybe they’ll even get a free buffet in
exchange for their donation but over
time most people who play casino games
will lose how do you pick the machine
that will give you the best odds create
an artist statement that describes your
future self instead of the standard
resume many painters sculptors and other
visual artists typically create an
artist statement that describes that
work and purpose it’s easy to see the
difference between a strong artist
statement and a weak one the weak one
contains a lot of big words uses passive
instead of active language and goes on
forever stronger artist statements get
to the point quickly and leave little
room for confusion my watercolor
paintings are about nostalgia and
sentimentality I create sculptures and
other physical installations to show the
evolution of humankind and its impact on
the environment my weekly podcast
explores how the world of work is
changing especially for baby boomers
others who are more accustomed to
traditional careers naturally most
artist statements are composed for
creative endeavors not job applications
but why not modify the concept for
something more career oriented the key
is to focus half on your past
accomplishments and half on what you
hope to achieve in the future short is
good but it’s not a race to find the
fewest possible words this is a popular
principle from sociology called the
strength of weak ties the short version
of this principle is that our
acquaintances can open more doors to
more people and thus introduce us to
more opportunities than our friends can
this is because we tend to travel in the
same circles as our friends but people
we know only casually with ties tenda
have much different networks of friends
and other acquaintances it’s been well
documented that for this reason weak
ties are incredibly valuable when it
comes
looking for a job but even more
important than having a lot of weak ties
is having the right weak ties here’s a
real-world example this principle in
action when I first wanted to write a
book I didn’t know a lot of other offers
i could lean on for advice i dutifully
searched online and went to the library
to research folks in the process of
connecting with an agent or publisher I
then set out the contact editors and
agents myself but I didn’t get very far
most people simply didn’t reply that my
crews when that approach didn’t work I
started asking everyone I knew if they
had any advice or connections that could
pass on I finally connected with a guy
who would soon become my literary agent
David to a referral from one of his
other authors we’ve been reading my blog
unbeknownst to me seven years later
David and I have worked together on full
of books I’ve also been able to refer
several other successful authors to him
in a way meeting David was a human
equivalent of a winning casino game it’s
a very strong relationship that was
initially forged from a week time the
example is relevant for much more than
writing books success isn’t found
completely in persistence it’s found in
working hard and smart try try again
sure but try again in a strategic manner
the point is I’d justice with applying
to jobs when it comes to building
relationships quality matters over
quantity the goal in other words is not
necessarily to connect with more people
but to connect with more of the right
kinds of people stop playing the numbers
game
you
send out another resume instead of
betting the odds play the game that
improves your odds most people who visit
the casino or gamblers meaning that they
are essentially giving away their money
to the house of her time sure the house
will keep their drinks topped off and
maybe they’ll even get a free buffet in
exchange for their donation but over
time most people who play casino games
will lose how do you pick the machine
that will give you the best odds create
an artist statement that describes your
future self instead of the standard
resume many painters sculptors and other
visual artists typically create an
artist statement that describes that
work and purpose it’s easy to see the
difference between a strong artist
statement and a weak one the weak one
contains a lot of big words uses passive
instead of active language and goes on
forever stronger artist statements get
to the point quickly and leave little
room for confusion my watercolor
paintings are about nostalgia and
sentimentality I create sculptures and
other physical installations to show the
evolution of humankind and its impact on
the environment my weekly podcast
explores how the world of work is
changing especially for baby boomers
others who are more accustomed to
traditional careers naturally most
artist statements are composed for
creative endeavors not job applications
but why not modify the concept for
something more career oriented the key
is to focus half on your past
accomplishments and half on what you
hope to achieve in the future short is
good but it’s not a race to find the
fewest possible words this is a popular
principle from sociology called the
strength of weak ties the short version
of this principle is that our
acquaintances can open more doors to
more people and thus introduce us to
more opportunities than our friends can
this is because we tend to travel in the
same circles as our friends but people
we know only casually with ties tenda
have much different networks of friends
and other acquaintances it’s been well
documented that for this reason weak
ties are incredibly valuable when it
comes
looking for a job but even more
important than having a lot of weak ties
is having the right weak ties here’s a
real-world example this principle in
action when I first wanted to write a
book I didn’t know a lot of other offers
i could lean on for advice i dutifully
searched online and went to the library
to research folks in the process of
connecting with an agent or publisher I
then set out the contact editors and
agents myself but I didn’t get very far
most people simply didn’t reply that my
crews when that approach didn’t work I
started asking everyone I knew if they
had any advice or connections that could
pass on I finally connected with a guy
who would soon become my literary agent
David to a referral from one of his
other authors we’ve been reading my blog
unbeknownst to me seven years later
David and I have worked together on full
of books I’ve also been able to refer
several other successful authors to him
in a way meeting David was a human
equivalent of a winning casino game it’s
a very strong relationship that was
initially forged from a week time the
example is relevant for much more than
writing books success isn’t found
completely in persistence it’s found in
working hard and smart try try again
sure but try again in a strategic manner
the point is I’d justice with applying
to jobs when it comes to building
relationships quality matters over
quantity the goal in other words is not
necessarily to connect with more people
but to connect with more of the right
kinds of people stop playing the numbers
game
you
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