![]() Most people spent their allotted two minutes (and lost the attention of those around them) before they even reached the punch line-the description of what they were seeking. Many felt compelled to begin with their first job, some even with their place of birth. Person after person stood up and recounted a laundry list of credentials and jobs, in chronological order. If you can make your story of transition cohere, you will have gone far in convincing the listener-and reassuring yourself-that the change makes sense for you and is likely to bring success.Īt a recent networking event, senior managers who’d been downsized out of high-paying corporate jobs took turns telling what they had done before and what they were looking for next. With all these twists and turns, how do you demonstrate stability and earn listeners’ trust? By emphasizing continuity and causality-in other words, by showing that your past is related to the present and, from that trajectory, conveying that a solid future is in sight. If these elements are missing from your career story, the tale will fall flat. Discontinuity and tension are part of the experience. It’s this kind of break with the past that will force you to discover and reveal who you really are. Perhaps you’ve come to an event or insight that represents a point of no return. The protagonist is you, of course, and what’s at stake is your career. A transition story has inherent dramatic appeal. We present ourselves as safe-and dull and unremarkable. Not knowing how to reconcile the built-in discontinuities in our work lives, we often relay just the facts. Tales of transition are especially challenging. Unfortunately, the authors explain in this article, most of us fail to use the power of storytelling in pursuit of our professional goals, or we do it badly. A narrative thread will give meaning to your career history it will assure you that, in moving on to something new, you are not discarding everything you’ve worked so hard to accomplish. It also can help you believe in yourself. So will someone come and carry me home tonight.When you’re in the midst of a major career change, telling stories about your professional self can inspire others’ belief in your character and in your capacity to take a leap and land on your feet. Just carry me home tonight (Na na na na na na). Maybe we could find new ways to fall apart.Ĭarry me home tonight (Na na na na na na), My seat’s been taken by some sunglasses asking about a scar, andĪnd you feel like falling down, I’ll carry you home-Īll that you got. My lover she’s waiting for me just across the bar, My friends are in the bathroom getting higher than the Empire State. And like any good party song it has a great use of percussion: the drums in the intro verse and chorus are especially good. The song sounds like one big party- which is what the song is about. Great production: the tone of the song matches the lyrics really well, and the beautiful Janelle Monáe sings the part of “the girlfriend”. First it is fun (lowercase ‘f’): It isn’t trying to be preachy it is just a day in the life. ![]() In between, he party’s hard because all his friends are in town and because “we’re young so let’s set this world on fire.”įun’s “We are Young” hits on so many levels. ![]() In “We are Young”, we progress through the author’s night from when everyone starts getting high– to the end, when everyone can barely walk home. In this world, relationships might not be the best in an objective sense (He did give his girlfriend a scar, but nevermind), but it sounds fun in a certain light. Fun’s “We Are Young” does a great job of capturing the party lifestyle of young twenty-somethings, where the ultimate thing you can do for a friend is help them get home when they are drunk or high.
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