Don’t call us, we’ll call you….

That is what I heard after my first job interview with Harry Been and Henny Smorenburg from the KNVB, the Royal Netherlands Football Association when applying for a role at the FIFA U-20 World Cup, 20 years ago.

Normally that is not the most positive thing you can hear after an interview.
But I just felt “This is my job”, even though they still had to create this job.

This was my follow-up letter, sent from the campsite on Corsica, where I was temporarily working at the time.

What I wrote:
“𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥.

𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩é 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘴, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘐𝘍𝘈 𝘜-20 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘊𝘶𝘱”

I am still proud of my younger self
If you have been following me, you know what it led to….

It’s about Showing Up; deciding to go for it. It’s about taking bold moves.

Next week I am going to organise “Showing Up – the Summer Edition”. 
Four Masterclasses about networking, personal branding, staying top of mind, LinkedIn, and the opportunity to ask me all your questions.
It is the last time this year that I will be offering these Masterclasses.

For more info, click here: https://lnkd.in/ePSsAftF

This is what “Showing Up” brought me, how are you going to show up?