June 1st, 2010

B.E. A.G.G.R.E.S.S.I.V.E.

Dave Holmes:

Pretend you’re giving it all up and going back to school in a year. Act like you have one year to make it work before you give up and try something else. What haven’t you done? Where aren’t you being aggressive enough? Go do it and embarrass yourself with your pushiness—after all, you’ll be doing something else in a year anyway, so who cares what people think? Push until you feel uncomfortable, and then double it.

Evergreen career advice for anyone wanting to leapfrog corporate bureaucracy—or simply get ahead—or anyone unafraid of being called arrogant.⌘