My daughter is a teacher, and as a teacher, she lives by a simple motto, ‘what gets monitored gets done.’ Something about identifying the skills, reading or writing or math or social skills, whatever it is that needs advancing, if you monitor them, they arrive. They ‘get done.’
Apply this thinking to momentum. A truism of superior job seeking skill? You must create momentum. It is a key ingredient for superior job seeking skill. So what is momentum? Marshall Goldsmith calls it “mojo: when we do something that’s purposeful, powerful, and positive and the rest of the world recognizes it.”
And how do you put yourself in a position to be ‘purposeful, powerful, and positive’ every day, in fact every hour and every minute during your job search days? You monitor it.
‘Woe!, you say, ‘can you monitor it?’ ‘Can you measure it?’ Yes you can. Check out Marshall Goldsmith’s MOJO Scorecard at mojothebook.com.
You can put yourself in momentum. Do it. It’s worth the ride.