I have always been the sort of person who took forever to get into the water. Ocean, lake or pool – you could count on it taking me 15 minutes to inch my way in. Ankles, knees, well, you get my drift.
I don’t know what happened but last week at a friend’s house, I walked up to the edge of the pool and jumped in. And not the shallow end, the deep end. Everyone gasped and came to check on me. They thought I had tripped and fallen. No way would I do that on purpose.
But I did. And everything was fine. I tried it again later and it was still fine. This week I ran into a situation that seemed unfair and I went to talk about it right away. Not three days later which is my usual MO. And do you know what? It was fixed right away. And I was fine.
I have talked with three candidates this week who started the conversation with “I don’t usually take these calls but……” And we proceeded to have great conversations about their careers and what they might like to change. They ended with “This has been great. Thanks so much for calling”. And it was fine.
Maybe it’s the moon or maybe we are all just ready to stop over thinking everything. You don’t have to feel guilty about talking to a recruiter when you have a great job. It’s not an affair. It’s just a conversation.
I don’t know what it is, but it bodes well for a very exciting September. Who knows what cool things will happen then when we say yes now?
All I know is that it will be fine.