As someone who considers themselves introverted, I thought I could win the game of life by working hard. Unfortunately I’ve worked extremely hard for years and still struggled financially and was always depressed. Now I’m learning that in order to move ahead people have to like you. I hated the idea that you can have zero experience but if the right person likes you they can put you in a position without meeting the expectations. But that’s just the way it is.
My biggest priority right now is meeting the right people in the right places and I’m not going to feel bad about it. I’ll have to adapt because I get drained with people fast. However it seems like it’s the only way. So far I’ve emailed an old college professor I had a good relationship with who works with a company I want to work with and she was happy to were from me.
Fuck trying to do things the “right” way. Hard working and doing things the right way RARELY works without playing the game. I’m SO EXHAUSTED from trying to do things the right way and getting minimal returns. Time to play the game and that game is building and nurturing relationships.
I’ve been in work spaces where a manager harshly reprimanded a hard worker and gave a slap on the wrist to a shitty worker because they liked the shitty worker. I wish someone would’ve told me that I needed to play the game sooner. I’d probably be financially stable