Sital's Blog

They say we often teach the things we need to learn the most. I’m not sure who ‘they’ are but I think they’re right.

I’ve just got off the phone from delivering a teleseminar about how to find a job. Whilst, on the whole, it went well – my self critical mind went into over drive straight after I finished.  

Immediately after the call, I started focussing on all the things that didn’t go well (we had some technical problems with the phone line at the start of the call, I over ran by 10 minutes at the end, I spoke too fast towards the end as I was trying cram in all the content and forgot to mention some stuff I’d planned to cover) – all of which began to make me feel a little ‘flat’ and, in that split second, decide that I didn’t want to deliver any further teleclasses I have planned.

I realised it was completely irrational and hit the pause button quickly so that I could walk my talk and follow the same 5 steps I ask my clients to follow after an interview: 

1. Write down the top 5 things you did really well during the interview 

2. Write down the biggest lesson you learned (only ONE)

3. Decide on the one or two things you will do differently next time you interview (the one or two things that will make the biggest difference to your success)

4. Go and do something completely different that’s unrelated to interviews so that your brain gets to switch off

5. Share your lesson with others so that you create some self accountability in following through with it

When you go through these steps after an interview, it allows you to:

- Stop over focussing on all the things that didn’t go so well (e.g. a question you answered badly)
- Take confidence from all the things that went well
- Be rational in putting errors and lessons into context
- Ensure you are continously learning and improving until you’re successful

I can assure you that if you followed theses 5 steps after every single interview, you will get better and more effective at interviews before finally landing the right role. It’s a science.

The same thing applies to me and the teleclass. When I went through these steps, I realised that whilst it could have been better in parts, the content and delivery was generally good – I had offered some really valuable job search ideas and advice that most people would get some value from.

That instantly motivated me to think about doing more teleseminars and keep working on improving myself and the content. I did a complete 180 degree turn within 10 minutes – which is exactly what happens when people follow these steps after interviews. Done the right way, it’s that quick.

Having now shared the lesson with you (step 5), I’m off to the gym to complete step 4 – do something completely different!

Enjoy the weekend

(By the way, don’t worry if you missed the teleseminar “My Top 10 Recommendations To Ramp Up Your Job Search This Summer“,  – the AUDIO will shortly be posted ready for you to listen to at your convenience.

Just go and register for the teleseminar and you will be sent the MP3 audio recording next Tuesday. Click here to register for your audio recording)