Why should they
Do you trust your friends?
Bold open question, don't you think?
You might think that. But believe me, it is the central question this time.
Do you trust your friends? They are your friends, they don't lie to you. I mean: Why should they?
Out of a whim, I looked through job adverts. It's truly astonishing: There is so much out there one can do as a job.
“One” referring to everyone else of course. You look at five adverts and there are probably four jobs you're not qualified for. And one is significantly out of your comfort zone. And this one here on the other hand isn't even in galactic proximity of “comfort”...
And that was my evening in a nutshell. George, myself, a list, and all the reasons in the world galaxy why I'm trying to order from the wrong menu. Sounds like dating? Feels like dating.
I only want to spare you pain and humiliation. Look at this one here. Tempting, I understand. Different to what you're used to, more mature. But comes with more responsibility and you just lack what's expected.
Sounds like dating? Feels like dating.
I can learn on the job. Blame me for skill not yet acquired, George, but I'm not lazy and eager to dig into it.
Go on. But they can find a candidate who already has the necessary experience. Nobody looks for an investment.
Sounds like dating? Feels like dating.
Now hear me out: Don't change between jobs, better change within. In tiny steps. Then from day to day you know what you can and what you can't deliver.
Maybe you are right. As much as I want to do *hectic scrolling* THIS, I just have never done it before on a job.
Exactly.
Except... my friends tell me that they believe me to be capable.
That I've proved it before, not on the job maybe, and not in line with the way it is written... but the skill in itself.
They don't know. And anyway: They are just polite.
Do you trust your friends? They are your friends, they don't lie to you. I mean: Why should they?
They want you to feel good! Friends value friendship and don't dare to crack it by truth. And they call it telling you what you “need to hear”.
Why would they think that? Why would I “need to hear” it?
The usual friendship stuff: To feel good, optimistic, brave. Not truth but dare, to jump the jump.
Sounds all good to me. Encouragement to make the jump is indeed what I “need to hear”.
No wait, that was not where I was going here....
To dare the jump, to seek what can be found. Nothing new can be found if you only believe in the old.
That's not how it works.
That's how it has worked up till now, hasn't it?
Trust your friends, dare a jump, be surprised. And maybe you're valued for traits you never even knew you have. it could be the beginning of something fun.
Sounds like dating? Feels like dating.
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