How To Get What You Want From People!

Hey Guys!

I'm back again! I told you I would see you in two weeks and here I am! I'm loving the consistency!
Today is not a long post at all! I just wanted to share a life lesson with you that has really manifested for me over the past few months. I'm a person who doesn't gel well with rejection if I'm honest. I don't particularly like it nor do I take well to other people saying no to me and because of this, I've found myself just not asking.

And whilst this seems to be a sure fire way to avoid rejection, it also means that you miss out a lot on life and what it has to offer. So many times we are too scared to ask people for things when really all we had to do is ask and we would have received. The way to get what you want from people is to ASK! Trust me it seems very silly to point that out but we tend to assume the worst in people or sometimes underestimate ourselves and in the process miss out on so many things.

I'll use myself as an example, I have a YouTube channel which you can check out here! (I know shameless self promo) and I am not a big channel by any means, I'm a little way from 600 subscribers and I wanted to do both a summer lookbook and a tasting video (both of which I will link down below of course) but as I was a small channel I doubted that any company would want to send me anything when there were Youtubers with 100 0000s of subscribers but with encouragement from my friends, I thought why not and emailed two companies, telling them about my channel and what I would like to do and how I would like to work with them and to my surprise, both companies were willing to work with me. And they genuinely sounded excited to be a part of my channel and sent me items for free to feature.

I could not believe that these established companies would even want to work with a small time YouTube like me or how easy it would be but alas it was! All i had to do was ask and it happened.

So here I am challenging you guys to be more open and just ask for what you want. You would be surprised how many people are more open than you suppose.

I will see you guys in two weeks time! Lots and lots of love. And if you want to catch up with me in the interim, you can follow me on my social media.

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Check out the Spanish Snacks tasting Video here!
Check out the summer lookbook Video here!

5 Tips to Do Well In Your Interviews!

Hey Guys,

Graduation season is upon us and whether you're looking to get into the world of Graduate work or just needing a summer job for the mean time, interviews are an inevitable part of it. So combining research and my numerous interview experience and feedback, I've collated 5 tips to help you do well in your interview.
And whilst these tips don't guarantee you complete success, they are more likely to make you successful than if you didn't do them. For a visual representation of these tip, you can watch them on my YouTube channel here!

1. Research!
If you've ever been in the presence of someone who knows absolutely nothing and tries to blag their way through it but it's painfully obvious how little they know then you know the importance of doing your research.
You want the firm to hire you and spend lots of money training you and paying your salary, the least you can do is learn a little about them beforehand. You have no idea how well it looks on you if you walk into an interview and are able to tell the employers a lot about themselves. It looks like you care, like you made an effort and that you go the extra mile.

2. Be Personable!
People love people they get along with and who they can feel comfortable with. Someone who is a people's person and who can create lasting bonds can oftentimes be more valuable than someone with a first class degree but the personality of a fish! Most jobs nowadays will often involve human interaction so unless you are applying to work in a hole isolated from the outside work, employers want to know that you will be a positive representation of their brand.

Besides if they enjoyed the interview with you and found you pleasant, they're also more likely to remember you once the interviews are over and it's time to make a decision.

3. Dress Appropriately!
The phrase 'First impressions matter' exists for a reason, you never get a second chance to create a first impression so you need to do everything within your power to make sure that when you walk into that interview room, you are not giving them any reason to not like you. Dress like the part you are applying for. This is not a fashion show; a magazine cover or a clown park. You are here in a professional capacity, so look like you are.

Bright Makeup, lipsticks, false eyelashes, long pointy colourful nails, jeans, rumpled shirts and blazers, dirty and stained clothes all have no place in an interview. NOBODY wants to see a rumpled shirt, it looks like you didn't care enough about the interview to iron your shirt or that you are unkempt and slobby, and that is not an image you want to give your future employer! A simple shirt and black skirt/trousers is always a safe bet for any interview! Jeans are way too casual.
I could go on and on but I think you get the point.

4. Find your Unique Selling Point!
This is the point where you show them that if they don't hire you for this position, they will be making a huge mistake as a company. Whether this is true or not is irrelevant, you just need to make them believe that it is. What is it about you beyond your great academics (because everyone at this stage has that) or your work experience that makes you the person that they should go with. Find out what about you is so unique and then sell it to them. Is it the business you started? The Youtube Channel you upload on weekly? Your blog? The society you are president of? What is it about you that makes you a better candidate than any other person?

Find it and sell it!

5. Relax and be Confident!
There is no point being so nervous that you turn into a shivering wreck and can't bring yourself to formulate a sentence. The fact that you even made it to the interview stage is because they liked something about you out of all those that applied so play on your strengths and see it more as a conversation with people who want to get to know you. Listen to music that makes you feel confident, put yourself in a good mood and go out there to kill it.

At the end of the day, they either give you the job or not, like everything in life, its a gamble. Go in with your best foot forward and hope for the best.


And the final bonus tip is to always call back for feedback, this particular company may not have wanted you but they may give you a good reason as to why not which will then enable you to better yourself for the next interview. If you know where you went wrong in one place, you can utilize that information to be better elsewhere!

I hope this was informative and at least a little bit helpful and I wish you the best in all your interviews.

I'm back to writing blogs now and I shall ensure to be consistent from henceforth and you can expect to see a post from me every two weeks on this blog or if you head on over to my youtube channel here! I post videos on a weekly basis with similar content to the blog.


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Go Hard For Yourself!

Hey Guys!
It's been the longest time ever and I apologize for that..there is no genuine excuse but I've been putting so much energy into my YouTube channel that the blog has taken a back seat but hopefully I'll be able to find a balance this year and should be able to get a blog out once every 2 weeks.

If you follow me on social media, you would've seen my posts about going hard for yourself this year and this is what this post will be about.

GO HARD FOR YOURSELF
EXPECT NO HANDOUTS
PROMOTE YOURSELF LIKE CRAZY
PUT YOURSELF IN THE DRIVING SEAT OF YOUR LIFE

These are the 4 key principles I plan to follow this year because what i realized especially in the latter part of last year is that the minute you take control of your destiny and start pushing yourself towards your success. That is the minute you become successful. There's no need depending on others and waiting on them to help you out, go out there and help yourself out! Nobody has time to go hard for you because they're too busy going hard for themselves. Nobody has time to promote you and take you where you need to be cause they're too busy driving themselves. Sure they can give you a hand every now and then but the bottom line is nobody knows what you want like you do and that ultimately means nobody knows best how to get it like YOU.

3 Lessons

1. Don't be afraid to promote yourself every chance you get! There's no use doing this great thing if nobody knows about it. The only way they are going to know about it is if you tell them. If there is an opportunity to promote your business, brand, idea or channel..TAKE IT!

2. If noone is willing to go with you? GO ON YOUR OWN! Sorry for the excessive use of capitals, I'm getting too passionate. But don't be reliant on other people to get you where you want to go. I've wanted to write a script for a long time but because everyone i partner with doesn't want it as much as me, i keep putting it off but that's to my own detriment. If I can't find someone to commit, why don't I commit myself?

3. Challenges are okay! Will you always succeed or become successful right away? You already know the answer is no so why get discouraged when you face a challenge. So what if the growth is small? At least you're still growing! If you only get one subscriber to your channel a day, at the end of the year you would have 366! If you're not stagnant then that means your moving and if you're moving then you will eventually get there.

Thank you guys so much for sticking around. Feel free to go over to my channel and see the 10 lessons I learnt in 2015. Just click Here!

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