Blog Post: Goodbye Ordinary

Average, common, run-of-the-mill, unexceptional, mediocre, plain, standard, unremarkable, status quo....

During presentations to employers I often ask this simple question, "What is Your Cool Factor?"  How do you stand out?  Suffice to say most don't think about it enough to truly work and promote their cool factor or what makes the extraordinary.

As job seekers and actually in life as well, are you extraordinary or ordinary?  Have you settled for status quo or are you working each day to become the very best? 

When I think about ordinary I always think about the job interview.  Its the one time we have to stand out from the rest and to show our cool factor. Did we wow the interviewer or are they thinking we are just standard?  I recall an interview I attended years ago for a very fast paced motivational speaker.  She was looking for an assistant to aid her day.  I had no experience doing this type of work but I knew I had what it took to not be mediocre at it. I had to stand out. I had to show her that I wasn't ordinary.  At the time, I still fit into my Dad's 1960's red plaid suit jacket.  I showed up wearing it.  Ordinary?  Not a chance!  It blew her socks off and the guy she was interviewing in an Armani jacket almost fell off the couch.  But I wasn't run-of-the-mill. Now I wouldnt recommend showing up to an interview in loud clothes but I think you get the idea to find the way to say Goodbye Ordinary.

What can you do today to be ABOVE-AVERAGE, EXCEPTIONAL, EXTRAORDINARY, REMARKABLE, AMAZING AND PHENOMENAL!!??