Be Playful (like you were once upon a time)
Remember as a little kid you’d just… play?
Play is doing and creating fun things for the sake of doing them.
What types of play did you do as a kid?
Can you reconnect with that, and start to integrate it into your life and career?
-build extra projects just for fun, to see what happens
-start a Youtube channel talking about your favorite sports team
–make a pitch video and add some humor into it
P.S. Related, check out Charlie Hoehn’s book, Play it Away: A Workholic’s Cure for Anxiety
How to Break Into Copywriting
If you want a copywriting career, then just start copywriting, for free.
Start making mock ads, and pitch it to companies!
Learn more in my convo with Corey Haines from a few months ago.
P.S. Here’s an entry-level copywriting role listed right now. Why not pitch ’em?
Quote of the Day
“If it ain’t fun, don’t do it.”
— Jack Canfield
The Career Hackers Revolution
- Career hacking is about the relentless pursuit of discovering and doing what makes you come alive. Here are the core principles in the Career Hackers Manifesto.
- See two of our top posts: How to Make a Video Pitch and 100 Ways to Work Out Loud, so you can skip the resume and degree and be your own credential. See more on the Start Here page.
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