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523: Derek Thompson - The Meaning Of Work, Responding To Rejection, Earning Your Dream Job, Impressing Bill Simmons, & How To Find The Next Great QB

The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

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How to Earn a Job

"I try to give myself that kind of rigor because otherwise you just go crazy," Simmons says. " Parkinson's Law takes over and you end up spending all of your hours working badly rather than a finite number of hours working well" The first 30 magazines he sends cover letters to get zero replies, including the Atlantic for an internship. In 2008 it was probably the worst year of the century to apply for a journalism job. 'The day ends at 5am. And whatever failure happened on Tuesday, I'll just deal with it on Wednesday'

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