Next challenge, please.
In case you haven't yet heard, I didn't make the top 50 shortlist. I was pretty disappointed at first, but I think I'm fine with it now. I have to say, even if I made the shortlist, I don't think I would have got the job. There are some super strong applicants in the top 50.
If I had to do it again, I think I would have been more enthusiatic in my video. I think that's what was missing. Maybe more funny. I played with the idea of doing one of those cheesy 'eHarmony' commericals with me and Hamilton Island talking about how perfect we are for each other. Maybe that would have done it. Either way, I think the video needed more face time with me talking. That's ok. next time.
At first I think I was mostly disappointed about having tried and failed, because that meant that all those people who laughed at me and said "Why bother? You'll never get it!" were right. I didn't get it. I mentioned this to Agnes. She said that she loves that I tried. She loves that I spent a month obsessing over a website and staying up til 2am for a week straight working on the video. And I'm glad she put it that way. If you're going to give up before you start, what's the point of anything? I think too many people talk themselves out of trying. And like Agnes, I'm glad I'm not one of them.
So, what's next? Bigger and better and more exciting. If there's one thing that this process has shown me is that as much as I've done some cool stuff, I'm not the most exciting person in the world - not by a long shot. There are people that are living life 10 times harder, and 10 times faster and 10 times more exciting than I am. So I'm on the lookout for the next challenge. I'll let you know what pops up. Thanks for your support along the way.
In case you haven't yet heard, I didn't make the top 50 shortlist. I was pretty disappointed at first, but I think I'm fine with it now. I have to say, even if I made the shortlist, I don't think I would have got the job. There are some super strong applicants in the top 50.
If I had to do it again, I think I would have been more enthusiatic in my video. I think that's what was missing. Maybe more funny. I played with the idea of doing one of those cheesy 'eHarmony' commericals with me and Hamilton Island talking about how perfect we are for each other. Maybe that would have done it. Either way, I think the video needed more face time with me talking. That's ok. next time.
At first I think I was mostly disappointed about having tried and failed, because that meant that all those people who laughed at me and said "Why bother? You'll never get it!" were right. I didn't get it. I mentioned this to Agnes. She said that she loves that I tried. She loves that I spent a month obsessing over a website and staying up til 2am for a week straight working on the video. And I'm glad she put it that way. If you're going to give up before you start, what's the point of anything? I think too many people talk themselves out of trying. And like Agnes, I'm glad I'm not one of them.
So, what's next? Bigger and better and more exciting. If there's one thing that this process has shown me is that as much as I've done some cool stuff, I'm not the most exciting person in the world - not by a long shot. There are people that are living life 10 times harder, and 10 times faster and 10 times more exciting than I am. So I'm on the lookout for the next challenge. I'll let you know what pops up. Thanks for your support along the way.
posted by warren | 10:39 AM
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People "living life 10 times harder, and 10 times faster, and 10 times more exciting" than you? Christ, War, if I hit a fifth of the rate you're going, I'm giving Erik the world's biggest biggest self-high-five.
I was in Mumbai for a week last year and now have this bizarre fetish where I need to scuba with animals far larger than me. I've done whale shark (Isla Holbox), gray seals (iles de la Madeleine), and manatee (Homosassa). We should compare notes over beers or something.
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