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SELLING YOURSELF
Taking initiative is not only about working harder, making connections, being persistent—all the things I recommended in Chapter 7. Taking initiative also requires that you reach out to anyone and everyone you think can help you get to where you want to go. In this chapter, I’ll show you how I did that in my career, and I’ll give you some suggestions for how you can reach out to get where you want to go.
BE RELENTLESS ABOUT CONTACTING PEOPLE FOR YOUR NEXT CONTRACT, GIG, OR JOB
In professional basketball, you join a team by signing a contract. When that contract ends—either by the team releasing you for whatever reason or the contract period ending—you’re a free agent again, and you have to find a team to play for, again. ...
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