#15: Don’t Forget Who Brought You to the Dance

There are people you will meet throughout your career—not just in this job hunt—who are the special ones.

They help you beyond words, in ways you never knew you would need support, and in ways that make you deliriously successful.

It may happen when you are just starting out. Someone helps you get your first customer or client. It may be a mentor or a colleague who sticks with you through thick and thin. Someone who gives you a chance of a lifetime when no one else would give you the time of day. A client who introduces you to new opportunities that double your business.

Remember their good deeds. In fact, make sure they get preferential treatment.

That means, first of all, never forgetting what ...

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