I’ve been reminded of an experience I had in Seattle a number of years ago. At the time I was working in events and partnerships at the Liquid Lounge inside the Experience Music Project in Seattle and one of my roles was relations with high value donors to the museum.
One day a woman approached me about joining her real estate firm. Having spent all of my career in entertainment and hospitality, I didn’t know the first thing about real estate and it wasn’t something that was necessarily appealing to me at the time.
But, and here is the point of the post, the lady said to me, “you’d be great in real estate, because you do an exceptional job of selling yourself.” Its a lesson that I don’t always remember, and I am sure you don’t either, but as I am sitting here looking at my calendar, it just struck me that all my business successes have been driven by my ability to successfully sell myself before we even begin to talk about anything else.
Go forward with that idea. I think it will help.