As in, what does your skill set REALLY look like? I got snapped at last night because I mentioned changing my professional profiles to reflect the many abilities I have acquired since beginning this book journey. My girl had told me more than once to update my resume and cater my job search to those things I use, even though I taught myself how to use them. I made a mental note, but of course I never followed up. So she didn’t wanna hear about what I need to do–still. I did it last night though. 🙂
Well, I didn’t think it was the most honest thing to do at first, because it wasn’t formal education, no certificate or credit was given, and there was no test. I have since adjusted my thinking. Do you know it Floyd? Yes. Can you use it without help Floyd? Yes. Can you teach others how to do it Floyd? Yes. Passed. Next! LOL, it’s really like that on the job questionnaires, so what difference does it make where or how I learned it? Duh!
Hey, I have issues with breaking integrity and cheating and anything that looks like it wasn’t achieved by hard work and time spent looking for it despite other people’s objections. That’s just how I am. I’ve gotten so used to taking the hard road and overcoming resistance, it seems like everything should be hard for me or it’s not the real thing. I know, sad.
But the point was to get you to pause and look at some things you’ve been doing and add them to your written repertoire. Or do you have them listed and not know what to do with them? That’s me right there. Like I regularly insert and manipulate html code and fix glitches on my website, ’cause I don’t have a webmaster/designer or a budget for one. I make style decisions on my apparel, research the products and inspect them for quality before I use them. I can’t draw, but I designed my Home Grown shirt concept on my cell phone.
I’m always thinking, always have an idea, but many go on the pile because I don’t have all the tools I need to make them appear. I could probably use some of that thinking in a job I like too. But what? Where? What’s it even called? So I keep doing what I know how to do for my own stuff. I do my best marketing impression, but I’m not quite there yet on that one. Mary Kay taught me the value of customer service, follow-up, and appreciation, so I’m working that. I’ve even come out of my comfort zone and done some speaking and marketing at group functions.
I was talking to a friend recently and I explained why I don’t do the larger events, besides the obvious number of people there–I’d much rather speak directly to 20-100 people and reach 100% of them, most likely selling each of them SOMETHING than to be in a maze with thousands of other writers and maybe reach 1% of the people there. That would frustrate me to no end. I’m not built like that.
I’m all about results based on effort. I do other stuff every day for my business, but I don’t know how to package my abilities and sell them like I put a book together and sell it. I’m bothered by it, but what am I supposed to do? How do I get out of this rut when I can’t even see above the rim? That brings me to my biggest challenge … now I’m so busy every day, doing and thinking about doing, I can’t remember a damn thing and weeks go by with no real forward movement. I need an assistant to help me run my business so I can create, then go make this money, but I don’t have a budget for that yet ’cause I don’t have an assistant to help me make this money while I do the creating. Seriously, I’m going in circles here. But I got skills though….
From the Mind of:
Tonya D. Floyd
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