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What people think
Dec. 7th, 2012 06:34 pmMy brother just called me a topper. LOL.
I don't actually spend a lot of time wondering what people think of me, primarily because my ego is so fragile I do not want to hear the truth if it's bad, or I don't know how to process and accept it if it's good. Today, a woman I used to work with offered words of encouragement regarding the job search, including a bit about how I am really good at making myself quietly indispensable. I had no idea she thought that while I was there.
Quietly indispensable. I like that. I need to figure out how to work that into the interview process, perhaps even as early as cover letters. The trick with that trait, which I have enough confidence to say I do embody, is that it takes time. I've said that before, that to know me is to love me, but to not know me is to be utterly confused by me. I need to market the quiet indispensability somehow. Hmmm.
But, anyway, that was a nice little boost. The jobs are light these days, year end and holiday season, etc., so every bit helps see me through. You know what else helps?
( Same bridge, different sunset )
I don't actually spend a lot of time wondering what people think of me, primarily because my ego is so fragile I do not want to hear the truth if it's bad, or I don't know how to process and accept it if it's good. Today, a woman I used to work with offered words of encouragement regarding the job search, including a bit about how I am really good at making myself quietly indispensable. I had no idea she thought that while I was there.
Quietly indispensable. I like that. I need to figure out how to work that into the interview process, perhaps even as early as cover letters. The trick with that trait, which I have enough confidence to say I do embody, is that it takes time. I've said that before, that to know me is to love me, but to not know me is to be utterly confused by me. I need to market the quiet indispensability somehow. Hmmm.
But, anyway, that was a nice little boost. The jobs are light these days, year end and holiday season, etc., so every bit helps see me through. You know what else helps?
( Same bridge, different sunset )
