"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." - Thomas Edison

It takes work to follow up. So let's distribute our application effort, make it consistent that way our followup efforts roll like a wave.

“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you.” – Derek Jeter

We want to make it easy for that person to help and often the best way to do that is to have a specific question or a specific request or to have a goal that you can share.

"Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down."

-Charles F. Kettering

"The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere."

-Barack Obama

She's hungry, driven, up for the work, and she listens. We spoke. I advised her, and she took action. She got the job.

"Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you." -Oprah Winfrey

When i think of networking I think about networking inside the company and networking outside the company...so that when the time comes and they need that help, they just can call on pretty easily.

"Let us stop being worriers and see hardship and struggle as a joyous part of the journey, a rite of passage to the life of our dreams." - Brendon Burchard