ex. You write a masterpiece cover letter, resume is all new and shiny, your references practically compare you to a combination of Bill Gates, Oprah, and Jesus. BUT the next day... nothing. no reply saying we received your email, and not just the next day, the whole week. It can be discouraging to say the least.
HOWEVER
My message today is not a message of grief, but of greatness. I say a post from a friend today saying don't take anything personal. At first I accepted it as sound advice, but when challenged it doesn't always serve you well. Now the way I see it, if we never let anything get to us, never under our skin, then its never really as important as we say it is. If someones actions spark a personal response and its not addressed, you have no one to blame but yourself when that action happens again. We have trained ourselves not to take it personal for fear of being I dunno human. I know somethings we just misinterpret, but the solution comes in clarification not dismissal.
My position was supported not seconds after I read the Tweet, because Kevin Hart's quote of the day was the classic "your attitude determines your altitude".
I thought to myself if your attitude is complacent, your position in the situation will match it. I thought about how I never really do 100%, above and beyond unless I did take what I was doing personal. What I do and accept are reflections of who I am and where I am in life.
If I don't show you what I want, can I really say I want it? So I am going to do everything in my power to be acknowledged by these employers, and let it get to me until something happens, so I remember just how bad I want these jobs.
If I don't act, it won't change... and sometimes things being personal are the way we guarantee that we act...I think anyways...
So I guess what I am saying is take the important stuff VERY personal, cause no one else will if you don't.
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