Opportunities:
1. Being in the middle of things in increases your chances for opportunities.
2. Everything great that happens in your career starts with someone you know.
3. When you hear of an opportunity you want, you have to go for it completely and immediately, over the top, not casual, and work your ass off to get it.
4. The tiniest detail can derail everything.
(The above is adapted from Derek Sivers’ Blog. Derek Sivers is a writer, teacher and the founder of CDBaby; used by permission)
I'd like to tell you a little story, going way back to 1976....a story pertaining to the subject of “opportunities.”
Once upon a time, when I was in my 20's, I was working at a Wherehouse Records store in Sacramento, California. Also working at the same store was a cousin of a relatively famous rock star.
The rock star was Sammy Hagar.
I barely knew the cousin. The cousin didn't even know that I played guitar. While I was talking with Sammy Hagar’s [...]
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1. Being in the middle of things in increases your chances for opportunities.
2. Everything great that happens in your career starts with someone you know.
3. When you hear of an opportunity you want, you have to go for it completely and immediately, over the top, not casual, and work your ass off to get it.
4. The tiniest detail can derail everything.
(The above is adapted from Derek Sivers’ Blog. Derek Sivers is a writer, teacher and the founder of CDBaby; used by permission)
I'd like to tell you a little story, going way back to 1976....a story pertaining to the subject of “opportunities.”
Once upon a time, when I was in my 20's, I was working at a Wherehouse Records store in Sacramento, California. Also working at the same store was a cousin of a relatively famous rock star.
The rock star was Sammy Hagar.
I barely knew the cousin. The cousin didn't even know that I played guitar. While I was talking with Sammy Hagar’s [...]