"You don't miss a trick in self-promotion."
That's what an acquaintance emailed me. Long ago I had lost any self-consciousness about my my growing ability to position/package myself in a favorable professional light.
"Yes, I decided, when I was starving, to turn in my girl-scout merit badges and be a bad-mannered creature who promoted her business, her books, and her natural ability to hustle [which in itself brings in business these days when clients demand results]. "
That's how I replied to that acquaintance, who I've since written off as one of those girl scouts who needs, for some reason, to hold onto every merit badge.
Back in pre-Darwinian days, we strivers, that is those of us who were not members of the Lucky Sperm Club, bent over backward not to appear like strivers. Instead we aped the good manners of The Ruling Class. That was WASP gentility. Then, as the marketplace got to be a zero-sum game we had to ensure that we could grab a piece. We did. We are making a living, often a good one. And we never look back to those days of pseudo gentility.
Interestingly some members of the Lucky Sperm Club are still following that code of manners and, as I had been, starving. The world isn't pretty these days, especially for those with pedigrees who prepared for careers in linear fashion: degree programs in law, journalism, fine arts, business, and even public relations [which is marketable but only if you know how to hustle in innovative ways for clients]. Actually the only path to salvation, i.e. earning a living, is to ditch the manners and join the rest of us in relentlessly selling ourselves. Here is my ebook on that which has had more than a million downloads Download SavingSoulsJaneGenova.
Will I continue to self-promote in a completely opportunistic fashion? You bet. Will others join me who are still hold-outs on being crude and rude? I don't care. This is a brute game of survival. Many will not make it. It's that simple.
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