418: Kevin Kermes | Bridge the Direct Experience Gap

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🗓️ 22 June 2015

⏱️ 45 minutes

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It's never too late to shed a lousy job description. Learn to bridge the direct experience gap and stop enduring work you hate. "It's painful to learn new stuff, [but] I learned how to surf and snowboard at 40!" -Kevin Kermes The Cheat Sheet: Why it's critical to translate your skills (and the #1 way people fail when trying). How can you stand out and avoid becoming a commodity? Mentor relationships require as much give as take. What is the direct experience gap, and how can you bridge it? Learn the XYZ technique to gauge the needs of potential employers and determine how your skillset can apply -- even if your background is in a completely different field. And so much more... Show notes at http://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/kevin-kermes-bridge-the-direct-experience-gap-episode-418/ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Stay Charming!

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0:00.0	It's funny I was flying back on the way back from New York or something like that.
0:05.4	There was this super social kid sitting next to me.
0:08.3	He was like nine and traveling by himself or something.
0:11.7	Then the airplane people hooked him up with a ton of snacks.
0:14.8	We had these cool like bulkhead row things and he's listening to music and he's playing
0:18.6	stuff on his iPad.
0:20.6	And then Victoria's secret stuff came on the TV, the satellite TV and he puts away the
0:25.3	iPad, puts away the food, gets out like all the good sweet stuff.
0:29.4	He's like taps me on the shoulder and he's like check it out.
0:32.0	And I'm like this is what this is like the pre porn lifestyle, right?
0:36.0	Like this is remember when you were like, oh my god, there's girls in swimsuits on TV.
0:41.0	Put away everything.
0:42.4	But this kid was shameless.
0:43.4	He was just like, dude, look what I'm watching.
0:46.8	And I'm looking at it and I'm like, okay, I don't know how to react to this.
0:49.6	You know, what do I do right now?
0:51.9	Do I express disapproval?
0:53.2	Do I express disapproval?
0:54.2	And so I just sort of, but I don't want to like reject the fact that he's trying to talk
0:58.2	to me either.
0:59.2	So I just was like, oh, like, oh yeah, dude, check out the boobs on that one.
1:03.2	What are you talking about?
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