(Video) Challenging Everything as a Device for Rapid Achievement

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I've grown to love doing what no one else does. Simply put, it gets me results that no one else gets.

YouTube - Ryan Critchett - A Device for Rapid Achievement and Outcome Creation
The beginning of the recession, no job. I printed 300 resumes, called businesses for 6 hours finding and jotting down company owners, and either faxed, mailed or directly handed my resume to the decision makers. Having bypassed all of the stupid gatekeepers, 30 companies called me back within two weeks for interviews, 5 of which basically offered me jobs before interviewing.

Everyone around me said things like "The economy is so bad right now, just collect unemployment."

People said stuff like "There are 1,000 other applicants going for the same position, those are your odds."

What did I do? Not listen to a single one of them, challenged the entire situation as a "device for rapid achievement" and landed a kick ass IT job in PA.

I believe challenging life is the best way to get results. Use it as a device to simply find a better way than the status quo. Thanks for reading!
#mind warriors #achievement #challenging #device #rapid
  • Nice post Ryan - and good luck in your new job.

    Will
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    • Thanks Will! Most of my work for this company is over. I do a tiny bit of part time work when they get crazy! Thanks for replying.
  • Interesting Ryan, I am in the same boat.

    What kind of job did you land. I am a network engineer and currently looking for reemployment.

    I have seen you talk about NLP in a couple different threads and right now I too am soaking up as much of it as I can.

    Right now I'm practicing how to anchor my interviewer in the most ethical way possible

    What kind of IT work is it? I used to work in a Network Operation Center and monitored a network footprint that spanned across the globe.

    Best,

    Ross
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    • Basically the same thing. The guy that brought me aboard has a bunch of law firms in New Jersey as clients, some of which are 30 user networks. I also have SEO and WEB experience, so we did quite a bit of that kind of work.

      That's funny. Just look him/her in the eyes like you love them and you'll get the job!

      I studied NLP for about 5 months everyday. I still read books on it but am not actively studying it. (studying neuroscience these days) NLP fascinates me particularly because the co creators (bandler and grinder) took a radically different approach to change work and psychotherapy. Since there are so many parts of NLP, the parts that interest me the most are modeling (the act of eliciting unconscious patterns of effectiveness from people) and the ability to go into your own mind and alter patterns of behavior, belief and philosophy.

      Thanks for replying! Great to meet you.
  • I too am in the IT field, now working on antiques at the moment HP382 using Rock mountain BASIC, Digital VAX and many others that I thought were long gone… miss the newer stuff so I dabble with that at home.

    But you are correct, I just interviewed for a promotion in September and got the position, just went in there, projected a air that I knew what I was doing and being polite and professional and nailed the position.

    A lot depends on the mental attitude you project during an interview I believe.
  • Yes Ryan, there are a lot of patterns that don't apply to myself and since I'm not really a therapist of any kind, will probably never touch them.

    I particularly am interested in nested loops; there is something to be said about NLP. I'm still fairly new with it.

    Modeling of course is something I did naturally, so of course that will always be of interest on how to do it faster and more efficiently in the future.

    It's great to hear your success and do not hesitate to ask for that raise!

    Best,

    Ross
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    • Ross, what are nested loops? I'm sure you're not talking about programming on the computer
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  • Awesome story
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