One of my favorite comedians – Louis CK – during an interview several years ago with Conan O’Brian had a great bit that was dubbed “Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy”. While clearly an exaggeration, he sets the scene for why the products of financial melt-down might not be such a bad thing – people would at least begin to realize how good they actually had it.
The crux of his point is such fantastic and revolutionary technology – telecommunications, flight et al. – are taken for granted by a generation of non-contributing zeros. Hyperbole? Sure. Although, I think there’s scope for reflection and some valuable takeaways.
The current generation has some really fantastic qualities but I believe that having had thing so easy for so long, we don’t know how to hustle. Sure, we’re hard workers, high achievers, ace tests and nail case interviews [..after we've learned the framework]. But, when the system’s broken, all the chips are down and the blonde HR bitch has a clipboard that says we’re firing, not hiring; then what?
Well…you’ve got to hustle. In a nutshell, this really means to create opportunity from nothing in the absence of a system or structure. To use your cunning, recognize your strengths and how to capitalize on them. Survivorship bias aside, many of today’s business empires were created by hustlers; not consultants with bubble charts.
I’ll keep it simple: if you can’t get a job, go knock on doors, old call or start your own business. If you don’t like your job, work out what you need to do to fix it and MAKE IT HAPPEN.
i've got three job interviews within the next two days, i needed this. thank you.
Thank you sir, for letting the cat out of the bag. This was my ticket, to hustle. Now everyone knows.
EDIT: You're headline is misleading. Your post doesn't say anything about how to hustle.
This.
I suppose there's those that get it and those that don't.
http://www.Amazon.com/How-Hustle-Win-Part-One/dp/098161700X
No need to thank me
I got my job through cold email. It was also a talking point when I was interviewing.
I always think of the story of Joe Plumeri, fomer CEO of Wilis, when thinking of how one creates his own opportunities and career.
From wikipedia:
"While in law school, one afternoon in 1968 he decided to look for part-time employment, and began knocking on doors in the Wall Street area.Entering 55 Broad Street, he looked at the lobby directory and noticed the name Carter, Berlind & Weill. Assuming (incorrectly) that if a firm had three names or more than it must be a law firm, he spoke to the receptionist who forwarded him to see a member of the very small firm. The man took the time to listen patiently to Plumeri's story.When Plumeri finished his speech, as to how he wanted to study at law school in the mornings, but learn about the practical side of the law by working part-time in the afternoons (since his last classes ended at noon), the man said it was a great idea—but asked: "What makes you think you'll learn the law here?" Plumeri replied, "Well, this is a law firm." The man corrected an embarrassed Plumeri, saying that actually it was a small brokerage house.
The man was Sandy Weill. Weill was a founding partner of Carter, Berlind & Weill and at the end of his career became CEO of Citigroup, Inc. with 200,000 employees, Weill hired the 24-year-old Plumeri as a part-time clerk and gofer, took the door off a closet and had him sit there, and mentored him."
If Plumeri hadn't been knocking doors and by a happy mistake and coincidence met Weills he most likely wouldn't have ended up as CEO of Willis.
Now that's an example of hustling. Killer write up. SB'ed.
This is NOT how to hustle. This is dumb luck, at best. It's really just the 'opportunity' half of luck being a combination of preparation and opportunity.
Dude... excellent post. I'm in the process of doing some "hustling"... I'm optimistic it may turn out well. If it does, I'll have a story to tell here one day. It's really the only way to survive especially if at any point in time you've fucked up.
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