My Adventure with Dancing with the Brunswick Stars - Journal Entry 17 - Our Fourteenth Practice

On July 23rd we practiced for the last time at Brunswick School of Dance.

We tried out what were intended to be our 'game day' costumes.

Below is the costume Kimberly ordered constructed for Dancing with the Brunswick Stars, though at a later date she changed her mind about it.

This video shows the near final choreography. Part of it is unfortunately off-camera, but most of what's here was in our final dance.

My Adventure with Dancing with the Brunswick Stars - Journal Entry 18 - A Tale of Four Costumes

With a nod to Mel Brooks, "A funny thing happened on the way to the competition."

My wonderful pro partner for Dancing With the Brunswick Stars, did, in the end, wear just one costume during our dance routine.

There were some questions and choices along the way.

Before I post the videos of the dress rehearsal and final competition, see if you can figure out which was the actual costume she wore.

I'm not going to ask which you like best, because they're all nice, but the variety is interesting.

Oh, and I'm only showing myself in one costume, which is indeed what I wore.

How To Get The Job You Want - Guerilla Style for Extraordinary Life Seekers

Two friends, let's call them 'Angela' and 'Sarah', recently inquired about how to find a job. One asked about any job, the other asked about unadvertised jobs.

For serious job searchers (which as someone who has been self-employed since 1982 I find slightly oxymoronic), here is my best answer for anyone who wants to live an extraordinary life but also wants a J.O.B.

OK, Sarah and Angela, so if you want to "go guerilla" about this job search thing, here's what you do, seriously.

1. Decide exactly where you want to work and who you want to work for. Pick just one - and in the picking be sure that they can somehow find the resources to hire you. (This is THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP.)

2. Do the research to discover their (#1's) greatest challenge, problem, or opportunity.

3. Find out, figure out, conjure, or create an amazing solution for #2 above.

4. Spend the time to check, crosscheck, and develop #3

5. Determine who is the major decision maker in the company.

6. Determine the most effective way to communicate with #5.

7. Put #6 into action with #5 (or, stated more simply(?) use the most effective way (#6) to let the major decision maker (#5)  know that you have a plan (#3) to provide an amazing solution/opportunity (#2) for the company (#1) and that YOU are the absolute best person to

• A. carry out the plan (#3) or 
• B. get paid for coming up with the plan (#3) and get hired to provide other solutions (#3's) for other challenges, problems, or opportunities (#2's).

Major point - your #3 above must be unique and original, not a generic solution that just anyone can do the first time. It needn't be rocket science or a work of art, but something that will make the major decision maker (#5) say, "Wow, I should have thought of that! That's perfect!"

Simple right?

And if it doesn't work - as in you don't get the job/assignment, you missed either on your research of #1 or your #3 requires some tweaking. Do the research or tweaking and then go find their #1's biggest competitor and go see them.

Repeat till successful, with 3-5 companies.

(And if the above doesn't work, write an article for their trade publication explaining the missed opportunity - without naming names if you still want a job, but do name names (with full documentation in hand) if you want to work as a consultant)).

At this point, if you still think you want a job and haven't been offered one, start again, doing a better job with step #1.

With love and respect,

Bruce

Copyright, Bruce Brown, Quantum Results Coaching,  2010