When you are early on in your career and see someone have different version of “success” from yours, it is easy to get smitten.
We want to be in touch with them. We want to be in their good books. We are almost desperate.
I know we have all been there.
I happened to get in touch with a kid with 2-3 years of experience, who was equally desperate after knowing my career graph.
Here is the mistake they made, though:
Instead of connecting with me on my email, they kept simping me for my number. Despite my mutliple no’s. (What is it with boys in their 20s and their craze for the other person’s number?)
- First things first, you are being desperate pro max ultra.
- Secondly, that desperation for career is understandable. For phone number? Get a job!
- Thirdly, we rarely get someone to like us (by like, I mean invest their time to groom us professionally) by doing nothing. Get a class. Do some good work. Fail. Learn lessons. Ask for help on a specific thing. And the smartest minds will flock towards you to help you. But not until you have helped yourself, kiddo.
Oh yes, the sureshot way to draw someone away is to ask for their number. Get a class. And hone it often.