• This is a journey – enjoy the ride.
• Decide who you are and:
  • Don’t look at what you are today, look at what you want to become
  • Take some action every day. EVERY DAY. I can’t stress this enough… EVERY DAY!
  • Observe men and women who are where you want to be:
    • Meet them – be bold – successful people LOVE to give back to motivated young people who show respect and appreciation
    • Network Network Network
    • Find someone you respect and establish a mentor/mentee relationship
    • Do not waste their time – if they give advice do it.
  • Craft a profile of yourself of what you want people to see both right now and future you
  • With that profile
    • Own it
    • Do what it takes – invest in yourself. INVEST IN YOURSELF!
    • Be patient! Be patient! Be patient!
    • Take some action every day. EVERY DAY.
  • Build a library of resources
    • Cover letters
    • Resumes
    • Case studies
    • Job descriptions
    • Profile resources – like images, bios, summaries, etc. of yourself
    • Anything that can help you later
  • Read Dave Tyburski’s guide

Relax with it

• Seriously, relax with it. You are a great person, you have what it takes – you just need to
  • Take some action every day. EVERY DAY.
  • INVEST IN YOURSELF!
• Continue to focus on what God has given you and how He sees you
• Remember the Holy Spirit is your secret weapon.

BE BOLD

• Learn to enjoy networking
• LinkedIn can be your best friend
• Put yourself in the other people’s shoes, if you were successful and a young, up and coming, respectful young person was asking for advice…how would you feel? How would you react?
• Trust me on this, the fear that may rest in your heart about this is TOTALLY FABRICATED BY THE ENEMY! I know because I HAD IT TOO!
• Smile when you are talking on the phone – it comes through.
• If you are trying to get a thought out and you are struggling for the words
  • DO NOT GET FRUSTRATED
  • Do not get embarrassed
  • Pause – look them in the eye and state you need a minute to gather your thoughts
  • Measure your words – meaning after you gather your thoughts be sure your response is addressing the question at hand.
  • If after a short time you don’t know how to answer, THAT IS OK! Simply tell the person that and if the situation warrants it, tell them you can get back to them once you have a chance to find out the answer

Learn to be proactive

• Remember the main thing? Always know what is going on around you.
• Learn to be
• Listen and pay attention
• Remember Rule #1? Don’t panic.
• Ask questions.