I’m havin a good time tonight. My roommate and I ended up on the porch havin some drinks, listening to good music and chatting. Right now we’re watching “The Breakup” (which is turning out to be pretty awesome). Though, none of that is here nor there.
I have a job tomorrow. I’m replacing some old Macs with some newer Dell PCs. It’s good money and I’m happy to do it, but I’ll miss my Saturday. No biggie really.
This has led me to a number of conclusions.
- There’s a lot of money out there if you’re willing to earn it. I didn’t ask for this job. I didn’t market. I didn’t advertise. You know what I did? I took a little time to help out some people with some basic computer issues to pay them back for a countless number of free meals. Think about how much is out there if you’re willing to look for it.
- Networking is clutch. The guy that hooked me up with the job is the vice president of a local bank. He’s an important guy. He’s also a great story teller, rather funny and likes good music. I’m not saying to go out and suck up to every pseudo-important fella you can run into in public, but it never hurts to put your best foot forward. Be respectful. Be helpful. You never know when it will pay off.
- Listen and be fair. They went to another local consulting company before me, but that company didn’t really pay attention. This job has evolved quite a bit since we originally talked about it, but I rolled with the punches. The other company was more interested in selling them some unnecessary hardware. I’ve listened and figured out what they need and tried to offer the most appropriate, and fairly priced, solution. And because of that, I’ve got a job.
If there’s no logical structure to this post, that’s probably my fault (though I’d like to blame someone else… let’s go with Chris G, because he’s a good blogger, and I dunno that I’ve mentioned him yet). I guess this is a bit of a “stream of consciousness” post. I’m just letting off some ideas, and honestly, I didn’t plan how to do it.
Anyway, stay tuned for a post on how awesomely successful the ProBlogger “Top 5″ group blogging project was.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Cade // May 14, 2007 at 1:14 am
Networking is so important and I agree that there are so many people looking to for people and many that pass by the opportunity to make money. Way to go on your job.
2 Monavie // Jul 25, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Your post made perfect sense, don’t worry about that. In fact, I liked how it was straight to the point. “If you’re willing to work, you’ll find it”. Isn’t that true. You might have to make some sacrifices but if you want it bad enough it’s worth it. Good job on the post and landing the job!
3 Karen Adams // Feb 25, 2010 at 7:05 am
Excellent Post !
Commendable writing. The point about networking is absolutely correct.
4 Anti-Dolt // Dec 18, 2011 at 7:38 am
I liked reading your post “everybody is workin’ for the weekend or not,” however, it seems that more and more people don’t want to earn their stay and would rather try to get on disability or draw welfare as much as possible. Quite sickening, if ya ask me…
It reminds me of a blog post entitled “working for nothing,” and you can find it here:
http://anti-dolt.blogspot.com/2010/08/working-for-nothing.html
Keep working hard and maybe you’ll eventually achieve financial freedom or get your own business!
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