wip_101 things i learned in worksearch 2.0
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First created in 2011, I shared this with the network as a compilation of all the things I have learned working with them and working on my own Worksearch.TRANSCRIPT
......Think don’t
.....worry
How long have I got...
Kubler Ross Get off as quickly as possible
Feel the fear then have a good cry
Build a community
Use the shower to your advantage
Don’t miss an opportunity
Listen
Ideate
Or
Iterate...
Selfishness is the best reason to cooperate
Read
Learn
What was the happiest moment of your life? The saddest?
Who was the most important person in your life? Can you tell me
about him or her?
Who has been the biggest influence on your life? What lessons
did that person teach you?
Who has been the kindest to you in your life?
It’s been said that after they pass away, the most important people
in our lives “live within us.” Is there anyone from your past that
lives within you?
What are the most important lessons you’ve learned in life?
What is your earliest memory?
Are there any words of wisdom you’d like to pass along to me?
What are you proudest of in your life?
When in life have you felt most alone?
How has your life been different than what you’d imagined?
How would you like to be remembered?
Do you have any regrets?
What does your future hold?
Know the rules...Know your rights
Get financial advise
Become your own PR agency
Send Thank You cards
Push yourself
Ignore others advice
By the way this is not advice just what I have learned...
Hang out with oddballs
Go to art galleries
Stand Up and deliver
Sell, sell, sell
Buy, buy, buy
Go on a holiday
Copy others
Love your wife:
Love your kids
Spend time in parks
Tear up your cv
Meet stressed out former colleagues
Return every email by the end of the day
Return every phone call
Do interviews
Say no to job offers
Take profit shares
Go on courses
Create a home office
Write a blog
Build a website
Email famous people
Become a celebrity
Get clients
Find new interests
Think Design
Go to events
Are you IN
Know how to use LinkedIn
Professional photo shoot
Make yourself attractive
Follow up relentlessly
Take lots of breaks
Never give up
Look to the US
Look to Europe
Write everything down
Philosophy...... Do you have one?
Ring your former boss and say thanks
Be confident
Be compelling
Make friends
Make enemies
Keep it simple
Stay fit
Don't drink to much
Eat well
Start something
Be curious
Spend time in libraries
Dress up
Write your own cv,letters
Find out what you want
Spend time with yourself
Know your meaning/purpose
Think like a project manager
Know the answer to “so tell me about yourself”
Don't make excuses
Don't give out
Ignore media, frontline, joe duffy
Get to know lots of people
Don't be afraid
Perfect your answers....
How’s things? shit
Everything starts with an idea
We move through negative spaces and dwell in positive spaces
There is no plan
Its not about you
Persistence trumps talent
Use denial and reward to enrich your experience
Think strengths not weaknesses
Leave an imprint
Be realistic... Do what is
required
Know your values
Don’t Think of an Elephant?
Learn the art of possibility
Imagine!
Draw and paint
Magazines versus Newspapers
Change your language
Verbalise your intentions
Add training photo from ND
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Supported by:
“Job”
A regular activity performed in exchange for
payment, especially as one's trade, occupation,
or profession, a position in which one is
employed
"Work"
Being Unexpected
Exerting yourself
Doing something mental
Do something physical
Having a purpose
Finding a necessity
Finding a path you have never walked down before
Doing an activity you have never done before
Setting a goal Making a promise
Having an effect on someoneHaving an outcome
Being desired
Being expected
No Jobs Crisis!
Know your values and frame the debate........
Timing:
Love:
Nostalgia:
Slips:
Language
“Redundant”No longer needed or useful;
superfluous.
“Unemployed”Out of work, especially
involuntarily; jobless, Not
being used; idle.
“Out of Work”Who is?
Why?
Method
SimpleUnexpectedCredibleConcreteEmotionStory
Love DoingReally good at
Who am I?
SkillsPast – Present - Future
Achievements“something accomplished, especially
by superior ability, special effort, great courage etc”
?
.....it’s technical and..........
......it’s tactical..........
Action Steps
References
Back burner
Listen Wait Look See Hear
Method
Extra stuff
• www.ted.com
• www.creatdev.tumblr.com
• www.dontfeedtheanimals
• www.worksearch20.com
• www.sethgodin.typepad.com
• www.the99percent.com
• www.lifehacker.com
• Google Reader
• Google Alerts
Top 10 tips
• Become a master storyteller
• Practice restraint
• Embrace constraints
• Think with a beginners mind
• Leave your ego at the door
• Focus on the experience
• Do communication not rainforestation
• Obsess about ideas not tools
• Clarify your intention
• Sharpen your vision & curiosity and learn from the lessons around you
Compelling
Story.......
Confidence.......
Community.......
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www.creativedevelopment.ie
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