Susan Boyle: Raw Talent is Irrelevant
Susan Boyle is an example of why raw talent is (sometimes) irrelevant.
Love her or hate her, what could we learn from this?
Any video or news story that goes viral has a memorable and home-hitting story attached to it. Even the inane stuff. For Boyle, it was the emotional connection between her and the people who are too scared to live out their dreams. Those people that believe they aren’t good enough, or that no one
Boring is Useless
There’s this idea that the minute employers start to review your job application, they do a google search on your name. Your Facebook, Twitter, and Blog are all under scrutiny and if there’s anything degrading or embarrassing on those pages, your application might get tossed. Perhaps this happens after you’re hired, and your boss gets interested. Conventional wisdom says that we need to strip our profiles of anything personal so that we’re left with a