A short motivational talk by David Jenyns advising early-career professionals to adopt an "apprentice" mindset: put your head down, master something unambiguously valuable, and strive to "be so good they can't ignore you." The speaker argues that skill mastery is the primary route to career satisfaction, recognition, and better opportunities.
Be so good they can't ignore you. That's what Martin used to tell aspiring entertainers. And what he said was, they always were hoping there was going to be some secret, or here's how you get noticed, or here's how you get the right agent. What he would always tell them is, be so good they can't ignore you. If you do that, lots of other good things will come. That advice basically turns out to be incredibly applicable, especially if you're new. You're new to the job market, you're right out of school, you want to be passionate about what you do. By far, probably the most important thing you can do, the most important step you can take if you want to maximize the probability that you have a fantastic work, working life, is put your head down and go into apprentice mode. I'm going to master something that's unambiguously valuable. You do that on that foundation, all sorts of really good things come, good things that include real satisfaction and passion for your work.
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