A speaker shares how he stood out early in his career by following a colleague named Mike to events, learning his schedule, and securing a seat next to him on a flight. He argues that most people don't ask questions, but constant curiosity and proactive moves create visibility and opportunity.
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I wanted to stand out to people, dude, right? So I go like, how can I stand out from the crowd? I feel like that's a skill set, and it started early with Mike. I'm gonna give real world, like, what I did. I want y'all to take the concept. Does that make sense? Some people go like, I gotta do that exactly. I'm gonna take the concept. So early on, Mike would go do events like this and train, and I learned to get with his staff and find out his schedule, and I would book to be on the plane with him. Or I'd ask, I'm like, yo, who's driving with you? He's like, no one. I'm like, can I come? And I would do shit like that. He just kept saying yes. I'm like, okay. So I kept asking shit. So one time, dude, I called the staff and I'm like, well, what seats he in? And this time it was like 32A, like in the back of the plane. And his brother-in-law was in 32C. So what'd they leave open? This guy booked 32B. I get on the plane. I'm like, yo, my seat's right there. They're like, what the hell? There's 20 empty rows, bro. The plane was like empty. I'm sitting like this between two dudes and you see 7 empty rows in front of us. But I was trying to get around it. I started asking questions. Most people are afraid to go up and ask questions. I'm like, I fucking ask questions. And I just did. I still do that. That's who I am.