A Spoon Full Of Sugar

Everyone knows that it takes a wonderful recipe to make a wonderful cake. You can't have a mediocre recipe and expect a fabulous cake to come from it or vice versa for that matter. The great thing about recipes though, is that they spell it all our for you. As long as you use two cups of flour and a spoon full of sugar and a heaping gob of frosting, you will get exactly what the picture next to the recipe tells you that you will get. Sometimes I think it would be much easier if life had a recipe. As long as you follow the strict guidelines you will come out with the perfect career. Well, I may not be able to give you the exact measurements, but maybe we can work on what ingredients we have to work with.

When you are out in the business world, or in any world for that matter, there are so many determining factors that instead of trying to sort them out we just throw our hands up in frustration. Suddenly the sugar starts to look like salt and chocolate flakes like dirt, and we beginning to lose the meaning of what all these substances really are. Instead of putting out honey to attract the flies we lay out some vinegar, hoping for the same response. Is it just me or does that seem wasteful?

In order to be someone that clients want to hire, you must know what you are working with. Set aside the vinegar for a moment and display the best honey that you have. If you don't have as much sugar as you would like, down play the bitter chocolate so it looks like you have more sweetness than you actually do. And never forget that all of these things are renewable. Just because you don't feel sweet today, doesn't mean you won't want to tomorrow. What makes a great applicant, and a great person, is not just knowing what ingredients you have to work with and how much to use at certain times, but also to know what your employer is looking for and possibly needs more of. Your boss may be knocking on your door asking for a cup of milk, but you are too busy looking in your own fridge for orange juice that you might miss it.

While I am aware that you have to wait for opportunities to come to you, you also need to be prepared when they do arrive. You don't want to be caught with only one egg when the cake calls for four. Take time to work on yourself and rebuild what you have already used. The business world may seem like a big spoonful of cough medicine now, but maybe with your spoon full of sugar it will go down in the most delightful way.