Not that I actually had anything to do with the quality of my kids' brain cells--even I know genetics isn't something we can control. I do choose, however, to believe that my kids inherited their good looks from my ex-husband and their brains from me...Anyway, getting back on track, I'd like to share with you the brilliance of my youngest daughter. She is not yet thirty and the level of her intelligence and professional savvy boggles my mind. She is a recruiter...of salespeople. And not just any kind of salespeople, either. She recruits people who sell financial services. Talk about being behind the eight-ball these days! I guess she hasn't heard the news that the financial services industry is facing challenges and consunmers aren't investing like they used to: she's recruiting like crazy.
A couple of years ago, she informed me about a number of online services she'd joined to help her with her job. In sales, in case you didn't know, the really important thing is to broadcast your name all over the place. The single most important aspect about making important contacts when you're in sales is the number of people who know who you are and what you do. (It's not, as many people believe, the number of people YOU know, although there is some correlation.)
More to please her than because I believed posting professional information about myself online would actually benefit me financially, I joined Linked In. This is where I tie my story in to the blog post title: IT PAYS TO HAVE SMART KIDS.
I received an e-mail from a fellow in California three weeks ago who was looking for a person with precisely my professional qualifications--which is odd, since I pursue three different professional endeavors in two separate industries.
To cut to the chase, I secured a lucrative contract doing something I love: writing. Yes, it's about insurance but, hey, I know that subject really well. And, did I mention, I'm being paid to write?
If you have smart kids, listen to them. It pays.
Literally!
That's what I call good family planning. I don't suppose she has a vacancy for someone who wants to sit in the sun thinking up ideas for novels and discarding them because it would mean he'd have to actually write lots of words. No, I thought not.
ReplyDeleteHah! She's the kid who was born 13 months after her big brother. Oh, yeah, I'm a great family planner! :)
ReplyDeleteWell, I'd like to add that I attribute my smarts to nature AND nurture. Thanks Mom, and happy that I could help! :)
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