#35: Show Some Initiative
When it comes to our parents, the way they experience and have experienced the world throughout their lives is fairly different compared to how we experience the world. Sure, some things have more or less stayed the same, but when it comes to the workforce, everything has been turned on its head.
This method might have worked when you were 14 in 1975, Karen, but it isn’t what’s going to set you above someone else today. There are so many different ways people find their way to jobs these days, and walking into a store, claiming your love for the business, isn’t going to cut it anymore.