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munchkin>The greatest thing in the world would be to just naturally be marketable without having to change anything about who you are. I held out as long as I could – beleeeeve me! But, alas, starving, homeless and to unable to make it to gigs reliably anymore, I had to be dragged kicking and screaming by a fellow musician to the restaurant job for a meal and a paycheck. No diagnosis, no disability – just insults thrown my way, self esteem crushed, and total devastation.
sdwa>I’m thinking the best way to be “packaged” is through clothing and hairstyle, because stereotypes work – look at how Hollywood dresses the type of character you want to play in your real life, and you won’t be far off from how you’ll be perceived and judged. It is, of course, complete nonsense, but I guess that’s why there are image consultants. Maybe if you package yourself with the appropriate visual code, you can maintain your personality without worrying about it.
You can be packaged and put into box. Good for you. However, this the lesson and evidence staring me in the face my whole life. I paid a heavy price for denying who I am. I’v gained wisdom and moved on.
I did ten years plus seven years of trying to package myself for employers. I have box of 15 years of resume and job interviewing info. I picked up even more knowledge through experience. When I say, “I KNOW EVERYTHING(about it).” This not statement of ego or thinking I know more than do. I really do know everything about it. Seriously, I could teach a university semester class on it. So, i’v heard it all before many times over. You can’t help in that way. “Life is what happens when you make plans.” Life has other plans for me.
There is a big difference between knowledge and wisdom. Wisdom has taught me not to deny what I am. Making that leap into the dark, the journey into entrepreneurship. Now, it’s a matter of walking into that entrepreneurship office and doing that audition.
Scared crazy of either, hell ya. It will be like preparing for test in college. You get to point where you know your ready. You take the leap into the dark and wait for the results. I’m ready and walking through those doors. “When you have nothing, you have nothing to lose.”
There is a big difference between knowledge and wisdom
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