For the first time, I found myself in a position where I am not under pressure to make decisions. For a long time, I had to keep the end goal in mind, as someone very special once told me: "Begin with the end in mind". It was necessary for me to keep going, to sacrifice my likes and dislikes for the long term plans. To let things slip and ignore those little insults life brings. I am sure we all had to go through times like this. A few weeks ago, I realized that I did not know how to decline an offer, I had to learn to say no.
I spent two weeks preparing my resume and some cover letters. The goal was to land an internship in an advertisement agency in Vancouver. My first interview landed faster than expected, a lady that owns a very small agency sent me an email. A one liner that said "Come meet me ASAP, let me know when you can come in". No hello, no introduction, just one line and the prefabricated email signature. I was not impressed.
I arrived early to the interview. I waited for a few minutes and the one-liner lady came in, introduced herself and started asking me questions. All the questions she asked had one thing in common. All those questions could have been answered if she had read my cover letter and resume. Clearly, she did not bother to look at them. Once again, I was not impressed. But still, I took the internship.
Things happened, I started receiving one-liners from this woman at 10:00 pm, 11:00 pm and midnight. And I was not even officially her intern! There was one email that would become my lesson. I had to learn to say no and this email facilitated that. The email had a bunch of data, details about a plan that someone else had sent to the one-liner lady. As usual, I had the one-liner email with the prefabricated signature. This one-liner had the form of "Organize it as a workback plan" I had no idea what a workback plan was. I did some research online and I failed to find any relevant information. So I replied to her email, asking for a template or an explanation about what the hell she wanted. The one-liner lady did her thing and replied: "Google It" This was my lesson. I had to learn to say no. So I replied to her email, I told her that I was no longer interested in being her intern. I said no. It felt so good. I can do better than a one-liner woman agency. I will do better than that.
We all need to say no sometimes. Even in the smallest decisions. Take Trident's Splash Apple Raspberry. You should all say no to this one. The combination of fake apple flavor and sour raspberry does not perform. I do not like the fake apple flavor, it lingers in your mouth for a while, leaving your mouth feeling far from clean. I said no to the one-liner lady and fake apple flavor. Would you?
I spent two weeks preparing my resume and some cover letters. The goal was to land an internship in an advertisement agency in Vancouver. My first interview landed faster than expected, a lady that owns a very small agency sent me an email. A one liner that said "Come meet me ASAP, let me know when you can come in". No hello, no introduction, just one line and the prefabricated email signature. I was not impressed.
I arrived early to the interview. I waited for a few minutes and the one-liner lady came in, introduced herself and started asking me questions. All the questions she asked had one thing in common. All those questions could have been answered if she had read my cover letter and resume. Clearly, she did not bother to look at them. Once again, I was not impressed. But still, I took the internship.
Things happened, I started receiving one-liners from this woman at 10:00 pm, 11:00 pm and midnight. And I was not even officially her intern! There was one email that would become my lesson. I had to learn to say no and this email facilitated that. The email had a bunch of data, details about a plan that someone else had sent to the one-liner lady. As usual, I had the one-liner email with the prefabricated signature. This one-liner had the form of "Organize it as a workback plan" I had no idea what a workback plan was. I did some research online and I failed to find any relevant information. So I replied to her email, asking for a template or an explanation about what the hell she wanted. The one-liner lady did her thing and replied: "Google It" This was my lesson. I had to learn to say no. So I replied to her email, I told her that I was no longer interested in being her intern. I said no. It felt so good. I can do better than a one-liner woman agency. I will do better than that.
We all need to say no sometimes. Even in the smallest decisions. Take Trident's Splash Apple Raspberry. You should all say no to this one. The combination of fake apple flavor and sour raspberry does not perform. I do not like the fake apple flavor, it lingers in your mouth for a while, leaving your mouth feeling far from clean. I said no to the one-liner lady and fake apple flavor. Would you?
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