Turned on +Spotify and this song came on...... Let's start off with a chill beat <----Love this song.
Defining yourself is limiting yourself
How do you define yourself? Do you say that you are a good writer, good at math, science, and oh let me guess a hard worker right? Words are very dangerous, I am doing an internship at the justice courts and what I have learned is that WORDS CAN AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU. So many times defendants talk their way into jail and harsher punishments. That being said, when you are asked to describe yourself; 1) hopefully you have thought about it before 2) you don't limit yourself to what you have studied in school 3) you best define yourself as adaptable, versatile and always learning. If you can't say that about yourself, start now!
Doubt the haters before you doubt yourself
This whole idea comes from Dieter F. Uchtdorf from the +The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. if your want to see it -->(Cool message). So this happens to me all the time when I go to a marketing strategy events, students trying to network like dogs always come up to me and ask me what my major is. I say with a smile, "American Studies". Every time, not even lying, they get this puzzled look on their face. At that time they have two thoughts racing through their head, "Is he serious? He has no chance! haha " and then soon it sets in, "crud I have no idea what that is, he is so much diverse than me and the other 100 marketing majors". Darn toot'n bro. Don't let people faze you, honestly you will notice this more and more as you begin to meet more people, most of the time they are very insecure about where they are at and they try to validate themselves through putting you down. This being said, don't put them down but do not let them walk on you. Be more prepared than the haters and make them wish to have been a part of your humanities major by the end of it.
Having a "set apart" attitude
Going off of the last topic, you have to have confidence in yourself. If you are not 100% sold about yourself you have NO CHANCE of having anyone else buy into your brand. You have to be almost crazy about your goals and ambitions, no matter how extreme they are. Take time to prepare in how you want others to see your personal brand. It is really important you understand who you are and where you are going so that when you are in the situations you can be more natural at it. In every conversation you have about your career goals, do all you can to get people to jump onto your bandwagon, instead of jumping off because of you. If you have enough passion and drive you can do anything and it is SO MUCH EASIER once you have people backing you.
What are your winning mindset attributes?
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