Pep Talk for the Job Hunter

Overheard at Starbucks. A noisy customer on his cell phone:

Hey, you lazy bum, don’t use summer as an excuse to stop looking for a job. Companies hire people all year round… Yeah they they hire during depressions too. So, get off your ass and get on the phone.

Oh, you’re afraid of the phone, are ya? Well, I’ll give you something to be afraid of. Livin’ on the street. How’s that? ….

OK, look, it’s been scientifically proven that you’ve got to get 50 rejections to get a hire. So we’re going to play a game and you’re going to love it. Are you ready?

We know that sooner or later you’re going to get a job. I don’t know. Some kind of job. So let’s pretend that every rejection is bringing you closer to that job.

Do you see the magic? Rejection seems to be pushing you away when really it’s bringing you closer.

They can punch you right in the face but they can’t stop you. You are unstoppable. Doesn’t that set your on blood fire? Don’t you just want to go out there and pounce all over everybody? “Look at me! I’m coming! You can fight all you want, but you can’t hide.”

Do you hear what I’m telling you? They can throw everything at you and you can still move forward. I didn’t make it up. It’s science. You make the calls, you get the job. You can’t fight that logic because if you fight it, you’re fighting reality. And you know what? You ought to start playing along with reality for a change. It’ll treat you a lot nicer.

You can’t resist reality. But reality isn’t as resistant as you think. Now that’s heavy. I mean a guru from India could say something like that and you’d be swooning all over it. But you don’t have to go to India because you’re hearing it right here — on Jerry Jerry what show is this?

Reference: Karla Porter
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