I had a talk today with a very wonderful, talented and friendly individual. He is the current store manager of the company that i work for, his name is Tim.
He has traveled the world through and through, and he is a complete well rounded people pleaser. That in fact is a very good thing when you are a manager, because of many crucial reasons most of which are obvious. Of coarse you also need a strong personality and character to go along with it which is certainly possesses and which in turn makes him one of the best people, and more so one of the best managers i have ever had the chance to work for. He knows what he wants and how he is going to achieve it, and he not only thinks like this for himself but also his team.
Regardless of only knowing him for a few weeks, i have gotten to know quite a lot about him through visual observation and the way he talks and carries himself. During my short talk today with him, i found out a very key factor into making him such of a successful person.
I brought up my life and how i put so much importance into starting conversation with strangers and people during events and important places; and so the topic of getting references was brought up to which i contributed my thoughts of always being friendly and showcasing your intelligence no matter who you are talking to because you never know who that stranger might work for or know.
So in return he said that references are very important and I added that "yes, that's how i plan on getting to places in my life, that's how i think you can get very important jobs without even having to apply for them". In reply he said something that i will probably never forget, which was that "Well all the jobs i have gotten in my life have been through references, except one." To my amazement it just completely overwhelmed me with ideas and thoughts, this very successful and educated man, who is by the looks of it, is approaching his 40's and he has so far probably had more than 10 jobs and attaining so many key positions solely through references and a killer interview with of coarse an appropriate Resume is just eye opening.
Especially for me because i always thought that "Hey, references are important but they aren't that special", but there i was re-evaluating my ideas and just contemplating all the possibilities and potential i could attain if i played my cards right with my future interactions with people.
I mean i already found something good, a customer i was helping struck a conversation with me and in a light hearted mood asked me if i had any words of wisdom, so me being myself told him a couple of important things very quickly, he latched onto some and told me that i had great potential to be a good and helpful person. So i told him that i planned on choosing public speaking and a motivational coaching for my career to which he simply gave me his name and told me to go to this meeting of individuals from all sorts of places who want to learn, practice and better themselves in the art of public speaking. This meeting is very low key, to the point where it was happening right across my neighborhood and i didn't even know. But from my expectations i certainly believe that a lot of people from corporate jobs will come there, and that in itself is a platform for me to showcase my talent.
So lesson learned from today is that you don't always need a fancy degree or a ton of experience to get a high key job, all you will need is a reference from a person who has been delighted to have met you and to have had the chance to have a little chat with you. Oh and being a people pleaser is not a bad thing as it can get you a lot of important friends and most of them turning into references, but the key to being a successful people pleaser is to always have a strong character and a bold attitude so you don't become a push around and actually get the most out of your efforts. So my advice would be to always keep your head up and always keep believing in yourself, as you never know when the next amazing opportunity will arise.
Dream big, aim high, but start small, keep your head up high and keep steady grinding. Stay strong and stay blessed!
He has traveled the world through and through, and he is a complete well rounded people pleaser. That in fact is a very good thing when you are a manager, because of many crucial reasons most of which are obvious. Of coarse you also need a strong personality and character to go along with it which is certainly possesses and which in turn makes him one of the best people, and more so one of the best managers i have ever had the chance to work for. He knows what he wants and how he is going to achieve it, and he not only thinks like this for himself but also his team.
Regardless of only knowing him for a few weeks, i have gotten to know quite a lot about him through visual observation and the way he talks and carries himself. During my short talk today with him, i found out a very key factor into making him such of a successful person.
I brought up my life and how i put so much importance into starting conversation with strangers and people during events and important places; and so the topic of getting references was brought up to which i contributed my thoughts of always being friendly and showcasing your intelligence no matter who you are talking to because you never know who that stranger might work for or know.
So in return he said that references are very important and I added that "yes, that's how i plan on getting to places in my life, that's how i think you can get very important jobs without even having to apply for them". In reply he said something that i will probably never forget, which was that "Well all the jobs i have gotten in my life have been through references, except one." To my amazement it just completely overwhelmed me with ideas and thoughts, this very successful and educated man, who is by the looks of it, is approaching his 40's and he has so far probably had more than 10 jobs and attaining so many key positions solely through references and a killer interview with of coarse an appropriate Resume is just eye opening.
Especially for me because i always thought that "Hey, references are important but they aren't that special", but there i was re-evaluating my ideas and just contemplating all the possibilities and potential i could attain if i played my cards right with my future interactions with people.
I mean i already found something good, a customer i was helping struck a conversation with me and in a light hearted mood asked me if i had any words of wisdom, so me being myself told him a couple of important things very quickly, he latched onto some and told me that i had great potential to be a good and helpful person. So i told him that i planned on choosing public speaking and a motivational coaching for my career to which he simply gave me his name and told me to go to this meeting of individuals from all sorts of places who want to learn, practice and better themselves in the art of public speaking. This meeting is very low key, to the point where it was happening right across my neighborhood and i didn't even know. But from my expectations i certainly believe that a lot of people from corporate jobs will come there, and that in itself is a platform for me to showcase my talent.
So lesson learned from today is that you don't always need a fancy degree or a ton of experience to get a high key job, all you will need is a reference from a person who has been delighted to have met you and to have had the chance to have a little chat with you. Oh and being a people pleaser is not a bad thing as it can get you a lot of important friends and most of them turning into references, but the key to being a successful people pleaser is to always have a strong character and a bold attitude so you don't become a push around and actually get the most out of your efforts. So my advice would be to always keep your head up and always keep believing in yourself, as you never know when the next amazing opportunity will arise.
Dream big, aim high, but start small, keep your head up high and keep steady grinding. Stay strong and stay blessed!
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