Now, I was brought up right. Brush your teeth, comb your hair, be on time, honor your commitments and never swear – you get the picture? Swearing was definitely one of those thing that you really should not do.
When you are known as someone who doesn’t swear, and you do, boy does that attract attention! I learned that this can be used to your advantage and gets people to sit up and pay attention. So without further ado, the definition is as follows:
JFDI = Just f-ing do it!
It is an astonishingly underutilized life skill that people appear to forget. How often has someone called a meeting where you ended up sitting discussing some topic that didn’t really need all of those hours spent talking about it. Make decisions and move forward. It is empowering, and most people won’t care.
When you’re hunting for a job, you need to get out there and get involved. Stop banging your head against the job boards and engage in real conversation with real people and do real things. Volunteer in your community, join special interest groups, offer your support to those less fortunate than yourself. Don’t agonize over what to do, just do something, anything. If you end up not liking it stop and try something else.
Get out there and do things. It beefs up the resume, is an astonishingly powerful way to network and provides talking points for future interviews. Enjoy what you do. It should be fun and inspiring.
Good hunting.
Excellent advice! While I was searching for a job, some one told me to “take an action”. I was spending so much time, thinking, planning and fine tuning things I was getting myself stuck. When I took an action, it not only made me feel good that I did some thing but it also helped me land a contract position.