Maximizing Your Network and Career Success: The Power of Singular Focus

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I think it's definitely easier to have like a singular focus because what happens when you're like, I wanna do this, or maybe that, or maybe that is like you, your own efforts are gonna get diluted. And you are not gonna be able to network properly because the number one weapon that anyone has is your network.

And if you are able to go to your network and say , Hey, I'm interested in a marketing director role for companies that help empower women. That is so specific and memorable that your network is gonna be galvanized to help you versus if you go to your network or like your, like a family party and you're like, yeah, I'm looking for work.

I don't know, am I going to sales or am I teach or am I go back to school? But like, definitely like marketing's, you know, and they're gonna be confused cuz that's too much mental work that you're asking them to do to help you. So it's really important to help people help you. And the second thing is like you're gonna get exhausted.

Like if you're just applying willy-nilly and you're like, I'll just see like what happens and I'll make the most out of, you know what I get. Like that's an inefficient way to figure out which career path is right for you, as opposed to just taking a couple days doing a little bit of homework and being like, okay, this is what I wanna pursue, and then pursuing that with focus, you know what I mean?