When I was in college a gazillion years ago, I had a great friend named Beth Bratton. She and I were connected at the hip and 2 peas in a pod. Beth was Head Cheerleader at her huge Dallas high school, great GPA and cute, darling and precious. In my opinion, she was the total package.
When Beth started looking at colleges, her father told her that whatever money she received from scholarships, he would put that amount of money towards a new car. Beth immediately responded with “Game. ON!” She applied to every scholarship that she could get her hands on and had several formal interviews. She was rejected time after time after time.
She was super frustrated, because she had her eye on this hot car called the Chrysler LeBaron convertible. She was determined to be driving that car around Austin!
Finally, she had an interview with Wells Fargo. She just knew that she wouldn’t get the scholarship, because she hadn’t received any of the others. She just didn’t care anymore. She made peace with the fact that she wouldn’t get the car, and she walked into that interview and nailed it. The bank gave her a 50k scholarship, and she promptly purchased her dream car.
She and I drove all over Austin in that car, and in one particularly memorable trip, we drove to South Padre for spring break. (That is all I will say about that trip. 😊)
What does this have to do with hiring? Just about the time that you are ready to give up, your dream job or dream employee will show up. When you are so frustrated that you don’t care anymore, your ideal candidate walks in your door. When you are sick and tired of waiting, your wildest dreams come true.
It is called letting go. And it is the hardest part of your search.
What I tell my clients is when they are tired of working with me, their amazing employee will walk through their door, and all that hard work will have been worth it. And when they do, you will have more time to take off driving down the highway in your dream car.
POWER THOUGHT: Dream of yourself in a convertible with the top down and not a care in the world. Hold out until you get it.