stop reading 99% of career advice out there

March 30, 2009

Let me share a story with you: A month or so before I graduated from college, I snagged an interview with an award-winning ad agency called Goodby Silverstein. They are the masterminds behind “Got Milk?” and have been named Ad Agency of the Year by Advertising Age numerous times. Needless to say, I was nervous. The entire week before my interview, I pored over countless career advice articles online. I answered the 100 most common interview questions out loud two ...

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6 tips on how to not play it safe

March 28, 2009

1. Go against what everyone tells you to do
Fear: “I’ll be doing something wrong, people will disagree with me, and I’ll have made a terrible mistake that will be stamped on my forehead the rest of my life.”
Payoff: You’ll learn. You’ll be empowered. And, most people who are successful do not follow the rules; they make their own.
Best Example: Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook dropped out of Harvard to develop Facebook. You think people supported his decision to drop out of ...

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what you do when nobody’s looking is what counts

March 27, 2009

Tell me a time where you worked hard and passionately when nobody was looking. Tell me a time when you created projects for yourself, so you could seem more valuable to an employer (or a lover or a friend or a business partner). Tell me a time when you were so self-motivated to seek out meaningful work that you provided your own work experience, instead of waiting for it to come along.
I hope at least some of you have stories ...

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