That guy at my old job said I'd regret ignoring his networking advice

Mike, my lead at a call center in Phoenix, kept telling me to connect with people outside our department. I blew him off for like 8 months because I thought it was a waste of time. Then my whole team got laid off last April and I had zero contacts to call for a new job. Has anyone else had someone shove good advice at them that they just ignored?

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jessicaw1118d ago

Eight months ignoring good advice? That's a long time to waste.

wesley_grant3318d ago

30% of people take over a year to change a big habit, so eight months is actually pretty normal progress. Small steps still move you forward, even if it looks slow from the outside.

felix_coleman8718d ago

Eight months sober from bad decisions? That's like a lifetime in procrastination years lol. Honestly though, I'm way better at ignoring advice than following it. My record is probably closer to a decade for some stuff. But hey, slow progress still counts as progress, right? Even if it's the kind where you're crawling and everyone else is sprinting past you.