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1. An interview history that reveals that you don’t have to wear pants Narrated by Stan Hanks. Formally, this was not an interview, but a business conversation with representatives of a New York company, during which the creation of a joint venture was discussed. It was in 1997. For negotiations, our team flew out to meet with the CEO and some members of the organization’s leadership. During the meeting, the CEO of the New York company became more and more enthusiastic, he talked about the business with great enthusiasm, paced around the room and wrote something excitedly on the board. After 30 minutes of going back and forth, the CEO simply took off his pants and spent the rest of the meeting in his underpants. He did not comment on this in any way (the team members also did not react to this at all) and simply continued to cut circles around the office in his underwear and answer questions. In the end, he was called somewhere, and, taking the opportunity, we asked his depu

Why denial is useful When you cannot refuse something insignificant, you refuse the choice. As soon as we refuse to decide what to do, someone else chooses for us. Denying is even beneficial, and here's why. 1. To separate decisions from relationships We do not say “no” so as not to worsen the attitude of other people towards us, although this can happen exactly when we say “yes” for the hundredth time. We can form a relation to us as to a person on whom we can parasitize, from which any agreement can be achieved. Moreover, always saying “yes”, we encourage other people's shortcomings and provoke their development. 2. To show professionalism, call respect Effective rejection shows people that our time is very valuable. This distinguishes a professional from an amateur. Respect is caused by those people who know how to defend their interests, demonstrate firmness and independence. In the short-term social perspective, a respectful, reasonable, and graceful no can be cos

First strip In the first column we write all our professional skills. Moreover, we write not just a bunch (as is done in the resume), but also divide into three "chapters":     necessary in the work where you want;     significant;     “Cherries on the cake” - additional skills that do not directly affect your value, but which may give an additional advantage (for example, knowledge of French as a second language). Second strip We take the position that we want to reach (for example, Google Marketing Director in Ukraine). We find a resume of 10 people who were or are the marketing director there. We analyze their resume. And in the same way, having analyzed everything, we write out their skills in three chapters: necessary, essential and cherries on the cake. It is a generalized portrait of at least 10 resumes of such leaders, and not everyone. A sort of minimal big data. And if the Ukrainian Google in general for all the time did not have 10 marketing director

1. Listen and record what you hear Carry a notebook with you all the time (now a smartphone). If you write down all the tasks that you are asked to do at work and really perform them, you will be remembered as a person who is worth contacting. 2. Organize your data into your own system Successful people carefully store and build their notes - about meetings, about the people they met, about the tasks for which they took responsibility. Such an obsessive neurosis is actually a very valuable professional trait. 3. Remind me of your requests If you ask someone for something, put a reminder to see if they really did. Only 20% of people do this. If you’re afraid of becoming obsessive, become “professionally obsessive.” Coach David Allen talks about the “waiting list,” which lists all the appeals of the people you are waiting for. Keep track of these expected hits, and remind them if they’re not running. 4. Specify how much is needed If you do not understand the goal or task, or

Screenwriter for Police Series I wrote the scripts for the series about private detectives. When I got this job, the producers looked for fresh blood and gathered all the candidates in the cinema. The room was crowded, but most of those who wanted it were housewives who considered themselves ready-made scriptwriters. Someone suggested a story about how a young man gave his girlfriend a pig's heart - of course, it was weeded out. But in general, the scripts of television series are not always written by professionals. My series had many authors, and one of them even worked as a croupier in a casino. Producers need a strictly defined product. By the time I was selected for the project, the series went on for several years, and it had clearly defined frameworks. They gave me the "bible" of the series - it showed the characteristics of the heroes, what they can and cannot do. The main characters turned out to be two former police investigators. If one investigator is Zhe