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How to Respond When Opportunity Knocks
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How to Respond When Opportunity Knocks

Let’s say you get offered a creative project in your field. You’re not sure you can do it. Do you say YES or NO?

Every midlevel creative has encountered a situation where they’re not sure if they can do the thing they’re trying to do. Sometimes you get offered a new or bigger role in a project, one that requires skills you’re not sure you have. In this segment, the gifted underachievers discuss their personal approach to this type of situation and offer listeners some hard-earned advice.

Questions for Listeners:

(Hop on over to the segment web page to leave us your answers.)

  1. What’s your response when you get offered something new and strange? (At work!)

  1. How do you prepare for meeting the challenge(s)? [Do you manage expectations, negotiate better pay than your usual fee, seek mentorship to help you through it, or ask for what you want / need to succeed?]

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Segment Links:

Saying Yes: Shonda Rhimes

How to Rise to the Occasion: Chris Fox

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