A good friend of mine sent me a link to a really cool job. She called it her dream job and was really excited about it. Then she used too many words to explain why she wasn’t going to apply.
She wasn’t qualified. Well, she wasn’t 110% qualified. So someone else might be better. So there was no real point in applying. So she might as well not bother. That way, at least, nobody could turn her down.
Very sound reasoning. (Airtight, really.)
I asked her what she actually had to lose by applying. Apart from the time it takes to write the application. Which is a pretty small price for a dream job.
When you don’t apply, you take away someone else’s chance to consider you alongside everyone else. And NOBODY EVER FITS 100%. If you don’t apply, you’ve already closed that door yourself. Nobody else even had to do it for you.
Sometimes we actually have to be willing to take a little risk. To try something without knowing how it’s going to turn out. And we are still waiting to se if she gets the job.
Which brings me to today’s challenge.
Day 10: Find another way
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