Finding success

I noticed that the more successful or popular broadcasters/TV personalities are the ones that have their own shows. Similar thing can be said about columnists, op-ed writers where they have their own columns, blogs, etc.

It seems that these personalities partly define their own jobs in that each show has the host's personality, opinions, style. These people have carved their own niches by showing their own personalities and by simply being just themselves.

I think the lesson here is that by being true to who you are, by following your own drum beat and having that awareness that it is better to be honest and fair than by trying to please everyone at the same time, there will always be a crowd out there among the 6Billion who inhabit this world that you will connect and resonate with.

This seems to be the time that jobs or work start to become less confined to the dreary cubicle of the office and become more virtual or connected to reflect the information age that we are in nowadays. Work seems to be more defined just as much by the personality of the individual than by just the skills that go along with that job.

When looking for a job, the job that you know you will be good at or you know you'll do better than others is the job that leverages your strengths and personality. It is this that you know you'll have a good 'fit' in and that you know you're going to do well from day one. I think I had this realization as I applied to a bunch of jobs in which my qualifications match but the nature of the job doesn't really suit my personality and strengths. For these jobs, I really didn't feel that strongly and I felt as though I'm applying just for the sake of applying and not really feeling full heartedly for the position that I'm applying for.