Getting a job is not an accomplishment.

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GETTING A JOB IS NOT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT

 “Getting a job is not an accomplishment.”

The first time I heard this, I thought it was a harsh statement. Maybe you do, too.

Years later, it stayed with me. Maybe it will stay with you, too.

I lived in New York City and worked in Mayor Bloomberg’s Administration.

I was the Assistant to the Commissioner at the Department of Consumer Affairs. It was a good job. But I didn’t like it much. I’d say I was average at it. I had a great boss. I liked him.

He was a strong leader. He was always the smartest person in the room. 

Every time. For 2 years.

He was always the smartest. I learned from him. Every day, I learned from him.

I probably should have paid him for hiring me.

One night, we left an event together.

The topic of employment came up on our walk back to the office.

He commented,“Getting a job is not an accomplishment. 

So many people think getting the job is the accomplishment, 

but it was you do once you get the job that is a true measure of your success.”

I wondered if he was talking to me. Maybe he was.

I wanted to be better at my job, but my heart was not in it.

I made a promise to myself that night. 

Once I found something I loved to do, I would use this success metric.

Years later, I found something I love doing.

Coaching, speaking, and writing about topics just like these.

How do you set yourself apart in the new economy.

Here are a few ways that have helped me "do more" with my job.

I wish I would have figured them out way sooner. But I didn’t.

 I try to do them now. They seem to work for me. I hope they work for you, too.

Realize getting the job is not the accomplishment. 

be fair, landing a job is a first step. I get that. But, my old boss was right.

This is where your work begins.  It means nothing that you have a job.

There is no guaranteed security. It can be gone tomorrow, unless you are invaluable!

So don’t waste much time getting settled. Don’t wait until everyone at your job knows you.

Don’t worry if they like you (yet). Just begin. 

Care a little more than everyone else. I am shocked at how many people just don’t care

- about excellence, about follow-through, about customer service, about growth.

When I have demonstrated to my clients that I can care a little more than people are used to

(and believe me, that is a low bar), I get repeat business.

Then those clients and organizations refer business to me.

Then I show the new set of clients I care a little more than everyone else. Then they are happy.

Then they refer me business. Then the cycle continues. And it always continues.

Blow people’s minds. This is sort of connected to caring a little more, but is even more important.

If only a small percentage of people care, then close to no one is blowing people’s minds.

Especially employees.  I once offered to cover a Saturday shift for a co-worker of mine

who had a family birthday party to attend. He did not even ask me (or anyone) to do this favor

for him. When I offered, he was shocked. “You blew my mind,” he told me.

I had nothing else to do that day, so was happy to do it. I just went through a breakup,

and was depressed. He was doing me a favor by letting me cover the event.  

But to him, it was a big deal. He became my “go-to” if I needed anything

from our external affairs department.

Translation: He saved my butt many times when I forgot about a last minute tasks. Many times.

Know what other people in your organization are working on.

Connect people within your organization and company.

Spend time thinking about who in your external network can help those you work with.

Become a bridge builder. Bring opportunities, new deals, more business,

or increased media exposure. Assistants are easy to replace.

Cubicle employees are being commoditized. A bridge builder is hard to find.

A bridge builder who knows how to connect others is impossible to replace.

Your boss knows this. You should too. If you want a promotion, become a master connector.

If you like people and want to succeed in life, become a master connector. 

Think and Leverage. 

Even if it is your first day on the job, think about what your ideal next move would be.

I wish I would have done this. I knew I wanted to leave the Mayor’s Administration

and start my own public speaking career a year before I left.

My boss was asked to speak at many events. He often had to pass because of other commitments.

If was smarter, I would have offered to go and speak in his place.

I could have become an expert in an array of topics.

I could have used the credibility of the well-known and respected agency.

This would have been useful since I had no credibility and no one really knew me.

I would have gained speaking experience and exposure. On someone else’s dime.

Think about ways you can use your current job to propel you into your next move.

Then get to it.

If you are not cultivating the skills above, your entire future is in the hands of one person.

Your boss.

If your future is in the hands of one person, you are a slave. You are owned.

You are a piece of property. If you make yourself invaluable, you are free.

Even if you get fired, you are free. In this economy, if you are not free, you are dead.

You don’t want to die.

You want to live.

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About Brian:

Brian Rashid is a TED speaker, public speaking coach, and high-performance trainer.

He works with Executives from companies like Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Jawbone,

Salesforce and others to help them with communications coaching, branding, and innovation.

He speaks at companies, organizations, and universities across the country on the topics

of entrepreneurship, lifestyle design and how to make money in the new economy

doing what you love. 

For more content, please visit brianrashid.com 

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Analyse versus feeling.

            Photo by M'reen . How many balances can you find in this photo taken at Ely UK

Analyse versus Feeling.

These thoughts and feelings were prompted by someone’s Social Media comment.

I think my photo shows aspects of balance, skill, support and wonder of growing.
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Firstly I need to define what I mean by Analyse and Feeling,

that is I need to understand the (apparent ) difference between the two from my perspective

and in doing that it may give me an insight into the perspective of others..

I think (therefore I am?) that to analyse is to use your head (as if it was not part of your whole being?)

That to analyse somehow makes you less able to ‘feel’ and that to ‘feel’ enables you to empathize 

with others at a deep level of understanding and so are warmer and less threatening.

Why do I feel the need to understand my feelings about these words?

Why do I think about my perception of these words?

The prior sentence came intuitively and the second needed thinking about, but most likely one will appeal 

to you and the other will feel alien in the same way that for some the glass is half full or half empty.

However, had my last words in the preceding sentence been Think then I’m sure that I would just 

have easily used Think as opposed to Feel.

Why do I need to analyse the energy behind the title statement;

is it because of my experiences when I was twice challenged in the past?

Firstly during Group Working tuition where we were part of an Experiential group I was challenged for Thinking as opposed to Feeling . At the time I was a student counsellor and my fellow Group Working students were practicing counsellors.  

Secondly when I was challenged because I have the ability to order my thoughts / understanding about 

a situation and that was not an expected ability amongst the other Life Coaching students. 

I felt Different and Confused that it was not expected that some others were able to do the same as I.

Yet we find it easy to accept that someone can create music, see energy or understand calculus.

Surely I need to understand my differences so that I can appreciate my energetic of felt sense responses 

and so be kinder or more empathic to myself and to others?

How do I experience Analysis and how do I experience Feeling?

To me Analysis is a process of thoughts that order themselves into a hierarchy of understanding in my head.

To me Feeling is an energy awareness in, on or around my physical body.

The leading statement of this article has an energetic charge for me due to the challenges described 

above and my response to feeling Different and Confused.

All words have an energy or belief (belief being the building block of emotion). There is undoubtedly 

an emotional response to a word in isolation or to a word with inflection or in context with others.

As part of an experiment In the 1980s a TV programme was aired whereby they asked you to record 

how many words appeared at the top of the screen and how many were at the bottom.

There was no ambiguity for me as the words were definitely at the top or bottom of the screen when, 

in fact, the words had been broadcast in the exact centre of the screen; it was my emotional response 

to the word that placed it in a negative or positive position. That and the fact that the subconscious 

had been instructed to respond.

Back to the two sentences:

To me Analysis is a process of thoughts that order themselves into understanding in my head.

To me Feeling is an energy awareness in, on or around my physical body.

To me Analysis is a process of thoughts that order themselves into understanding in my head.

This means that the thought processes demand to be ordered and understood to the best of 

my current ability. This process often leads to incorporating a ‘balance’ thought or to another awareness 

or to a connection previously not made.

If not released these thought s will continue to circulate in my head until the process of writing and explaining all this to myself provides that release or completes the Gestalt – the circle.

To me Feeling is an energy awareness in, on or around my physical body.

This is equally strong and demanding but in a different way as it doesn’t have words to describe it 

because words are a function of the modern brain.

These energy feelings of, “Ah, there you are” are like the sun coming out from behind a cloud 

as now they can be consciously recognised, appreciated and which if appropriate can be released; 

with generally the opposite energy being welcomed back into my system as this is powerfully completing.

Currently I’m studying a subject that is out of my comfort zone and so challenges some of my beliefs, 

it also taps into my dyslexic tendencies and also the outcome of my study is important to me.

On occasions I’ve been aware of the energy of mild panic which I’ve simply released 

or I’ve been curious as to what that particular feeling means to me before releasing .

I think that to trust your higher self / yourself / your magnificent self- however you may describe that state and to just accept that you can release that fear energy –and it will be OK is appropriate.

Sometimes I Think and Feel that it is important or interesting to understand where the ‘panic’ comes from 

to the best of my ability; as understanding comes before acceptance which comes before release. 

Some people might use the word Forgiveness (of the self or of others) but I prefer to use ‘release’ 

or the phrase “Letting go”.

P.S. I’ve noticed that if I’ve said that I don’t necessarily agree fully with someone’s statement 

on Social Media that my disagreement has been ignored.

Why?

I wonder; is Social Media an act of self congratulatory navel gazing?

Or am I being a typical Sagittarian and throwing a ball into the conversation

just to see how it bounces?

The thought presented itself as, “how’s your navel?”

I had to respond. Ha, ha, ha, spot on, someone has the job to do!

It’s an ‘inny’ by the way, and therefore I think inwardly, I also feel.

We could garner millions for a study of navels.

Innies working out from their self observation. The extreme inny being an autistic person.

Outies working from a world perspective in towards themselves. Dash I forget the term and who coined it, the extreme outy not having an inner life but accruing status and value from some other,

a job, organisation or quest in life.

There must be flatties, but I’ve not heard of them. People who are balanced at some point in the dualities 

of life, maybe only for a period but balanced nonetheless.

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