I Got My Dream Job and So Can You: 7 Steps to Creating Your Ideal Career After College

CHAPTER 7EXECUTE(STEP #6)

“Whoever said, ‘It’s not whether you win or lose that counts,’ probably lost.”

—MARTINA NAVRATILOVA, WINNER OF 20 WIMBLEDON TITLES

2:58 p.m., May 27, 2003: at the offices of the Washington Wizards (in the main lobby)

My heart was beating so fast and so hard that I thought it might pop out of my chest.

Even worse, my hands were dripping in sweat.

All I could think was, “Ms. O’Malley is going to freak out when I shake her hand because I’m gonna give her a bath.”

In a desperate attempt to keep my hand dry, I was actually seated there with my right hand underneath my right leg, trying to wipe the sweat off my palm.

This was it. It was crunch-time. In two minutes, I was going to walk into a job interview with the team president ...