5 Simple Steps to Fight Age Discrimination June 2014 | Page 35

30 Days Written outline with goals. Orientation. The Plan 1) Job hunting: On your second interview, walk in with a written plan as to how you would implement the job. 60 Days More involved. Some implementation. Further training and learning. 2) Moving up: Walk into the conference to create a new position for yourself within the firm and hand out the plan. Call it an experiment. If it fails, no one has mud on their face including you. 90 Days Implementation, evaluation, move forward. Secret Strategy People don’t fail. Experiments fail. Experiments don’t succeed. People succeed. (Everyone takes credit and looks good.)