Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is that enthusiasm wins In many cases. There
Speaker 1: is no real objective criteria for choosing the right person
Speaker 1: or company for something, so showing you one it can
Speaker 1: go a long way. On the Best of Both Worlds podcast, recently,
Speaker 1: my co host Sarah and I had a question from
Speaker 1: a woman who was applying for a high profile leadership position.
Speaker 1: She did not look like all the past leaders of
Speaker 1: this organization, both in terms of not being a middle
Speaker 1: aged man and also not having the exact same past
Speaker 1: career experiences. However, she was definitely qualified enough to be
Speaker 1: in the running, so she asked what she could do
Speaker 1: to make her case. We talked a bit about storytelling
Speaker 1: and presenting a narrative for the organization where you are
Speaker 1: the logical next choice. Then Sarah, my co host, who
Speaker 1: has interviewed a lot of people about a lot of things,
Speaker 1: mentioned that enthusiasm always stands out when someone comes across
Speaker 1: as incredibly excited about working with you. Well, who wouldn't
Speaker 1: want to reciprocate that? I know what she means. When
Speaker 1: I was getting bids from movers. Recently, I talked with
Speaker 1: one company that was far more enthusiastic about getting my
Speaker 1: business than the others. Since I believe that any reputable
Speaker 1: moving company could probably have handled my local move, I
Speaker 1: was inclined to go with the company that acted like
Speaker 1: they wanted the job. So it goes with many things
Speaker 1: in life. Some selections are about straightforward things. You need
Speaker 1: this degree, this certification, this many years of experience, or
Speaker 1: this test score. A lot of things, though, are more subjective.
Speaker 1: The interviewer has talked to two dozen applicants already. Today
Speaker 1: you are calling around trying to find a good landscaping company.
Speaker 1: Who gets remembered? Who leaves the person making the decision
Speaker 1: feeling warm and fuzzy, Most likely the person who seems
Speaker 1: excited about working together in the future. Now, you might
Speaker 1: think that everyone applying for a job or giving a
Speaker 1: bid for work would be enthusiastic, But if you have
Speaker 1: spent any time on the other side of such decisions,
Speaker 1: you know that, for whatever reason, this isn't true. Sometimes
Speaker 1: people just aren't excited about things. Sometimes companies have a
Speaker 1: process for giving bids, but the incentives or personalities are
Speaker 1: such that no one seems excited about getting the business,
Speaker 1: and maybe they don't need the business. Maybe there are
Speaker 1: completely different things going on. Everyone has bad days now
Speaker 1: and then. But there are many things about selections that
Speaker 1: you can't control. The woman applying for that leadership position
Speaker 1: could not control if the organization would be risk averse
Speaker 1: and go with the same sort of person they always did.
Speaker 1: What you can control is how enthusiastic you are about something,
Speaker 1: so it doesn't hurt to show that excitement. Not desperation,
Speaker 1: of course, but a genuine belief that wonderful things will
Speaker 1: happen when you work together and you feel happy as
Speaker 1: you picture that rosy future. It still might not happen,
Speaker 1: but I'd say it's a lot more likely in the meantime.
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to
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