Having great opportunties and saying...no

My "vacation" is almost coming to an end. I start my new job at Roofer's World on Tuesday and am gleaming with excitement! Soon I begin my career path in a dynamic company, learning new/seeing new things and proving my skills. I will implement innovative idea and challenge the status quo for the contracting industry!

During my "time-off" I have been building my resume tremendously. Worked with two different social media companies and participated in non-profit event organization. Every week I get at LEAST two phone calls to set up interviews but am happy to say I am employed!! Today I went for an interview that I didn't even know was one...

I came across this blog post from Penelope Trunk "The sign of a great career is having great opportunities and saying no!" She clarified my decision to not get overwhelmed and tempted by these great job opportunities knocking on my door. Focus 100% on what path you are headed. Sure these projects that I have been participating in have been great experience but I cannot spread myself out too thin. Either give it your all or nothing at all.

She says "People always talk about how you need to give stuff up in order to have a fulfilling career and a fulfilling personal life. What people don’t realize is that the better you get at your career, the more amazing are the opportunities that you give up. But this is a hard reality to swallow."

As a Type A personality - striving to achieve, help others, multi-task and be the best - the reality is that I can't do it all. Roofer's World has chosen me and I am going to commit myself to them building them up. The future may involve starting a business of helping others with marketing consulting but step #1 is building experience and networks.