11-25-2023, 09:45 AM
Day 64 (9th day away from subs),
There's a certain weirdness about me that I can't seem to shake. It comes out when I'm talking to people. Some awkwardness.
I'm feeling a pull towards my business goals.
On Wednesday, the business creator released the new materials that he promised; it made a lot of things clear and has cleared the path for me to trudge forward.
I'm realizing how much money-making is about your enjoyment of the process of going 'out there' and talking people into giving you their money in a fair exchange.
I've done job interviews for decent-paying jobs but they were always an event of their own; and when I got offered the hourly rate, it was always higher than what I would have negotiated for.
I didn't truly have to fight for my monetary worth. But since I have been running MM, I'm realized where and how I can bring value.
On a similar note, in the last 18 months, I've positioned myself as further ahead than other software developers in my company who have been at it for a similar (or greater) amount of time. The people skills, the presentation skills, the systems knowledge. In fact, my manager presented a training document that I created - designed to marry the business knowledge with the technical knowledge - to the management team meeting and they were raving about it at our in-person gettogether (evening event).
I've also taken charge of a potential work project; the project manager keeps bringing it up as a thing that we *could* look at, but there was a chasm in researching how we could pull it off. After a couple of hours of reading and thinking about it, I put a proposition forward that would not require all that much additional setup.
My friend and now career mentor has been poking me to get my resume and cover letter optimized; since I've gotten the resume, he's sending me job boards and opportunities that are remote. He's really pushing me to go for the higher paying management jobs, since we have created my materials to position me for this.
The stage is set for a financial quantum leap.
There's a certain weirdness about me that I can't seem to shake. It comes out when I'm talking to people. Some awkwardness.
I'm feeling a pull towards my business goals.
On Wednesday, the business creator released the new materials that he promised; it made a lot of things clear and has cleared the path for me to trudge forward.
I'm realizing how much money-making is about your enjoyment of the process of going 'out there' and talking people into giving you their money in a fair exchange.
I've done job interviews for decent-paying jobs but they were always an event of their own; and when I got offered the hourly rate, it was always higher than what I would have negotiated for.
I didn't truly have to fight for my monetary worth. But since I have been running MM, I'm realized where and how I can bring value.
On a similar note, in the last 18 months, I've positioned myself as further ahead than other software developers in my company who have been at it for a similar (or greater) amount of time. The people skills, the presentation skills, the systems knowledge. In fact, my manager presented a training document that I created - designed to marry the business knowledge with the technical knowledge - to the management team meeting and they were raving about it at our in-person gettogether (evening event).
I've also taken charge of a potential work project; the project manager keeps bringing it up as a thing that we *could* look at, but there was a chasm in researching how we could pull it off. After a couple of hours of reading and thinking about it, I put a proposition forward that would not require all that much additional setup.
My friend and now career mentor has been poking me to get my resume and cover letter optimized; since I've gotten the resume, he's sending me job boards and opportunities that are remote. He's really pushing me to go for the higher paying management jobs, since we have created my materials to position me for this.
The stage is set for a financial quantum leap.
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