CHAPTER 10
BUT I’M ALREADY SO BUSY
If I were to go back in time and change one thing about my career, it would be to make Reaching Out a more consistent part of my life earlier. Toward the end of college and during my first few years working, I would send Reach Outs haphazardly, maybe once or twice a month at most. But I would have grown my network and probably been able to land better jobs faster if I had been as diligent about daily Reach Outs in those years as I am about them now.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
—FAMOUS PROVERB
So let’s talk about how you can avoid making the latecomer mistake I made and figure out where you can make time for Reaching Out in your daily schedule, starting as soon ...
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