Tips for Brushing Shoulders with the High and Mighty

Most of the time, there is either a confidence issue or you’re guarded when dealing with high-profile people, and yet we need to have our stand in such situations. It’s typical to dress up and look good when attending a high-profile activity, which is okay. I believe looking good is part of establishing great rapport. However, there’s more to appearance. Once you learn this, your life should change. First of all, there’s always an aura signature to every room we enter, but 100% of the time, you carry an aura or an energy, and that is what people respond to before responding to your appearance. Here is a list of tips:

1. Composure: Being composed is the ability to retain a certain pose when interacting with any dignitary or a high-profile person. Being calm is an underrated asset when deciding who to talk to and how to carry yourself when addressing someone. It can’t be anxious or tacky. If anything, it’s safer to hold a brief conversation and choose to listen more.
2. Eye contact: There’s uncomfortable eye contact, and there’s honest eye contact. Uncomfortable eye contact occurs when you aren’t certain about how to address a person, which results in mixed signals. Instead, hold brief neutral eye contact with someone, which leaves space for building your rapport with the person. Most of the time, eye contact frees a person to express a thought freely.
3. The Handshake: A brief and a firm handshake says a lot in any situation. It often affirms the meet-up and eases the conversations you hold thereafter. Don’t prolong no matter how exciting the situation is and don’t let go too fast, no matter how uncertain the situation is.
4. Choose the personality trait: Everyone has two sides, the quiet one and the social butterfly one. Sometimes, when interacting in high-profile circles there will always be one person who matches your energy. However, since you need to hold up to your standards, choose which personality to show-up. Ideally, it’s important to entertain an energy twin but when building rapport, a little restraint is recommendable and it doesn’t have be awkward.
5. Learn to breathe: Sometimes, the situations get really awkward and no one really understands how to pick the conversation after that or how to address a person after that. Therefore, it’s a little polite to let the situation calm down and then briefly excuse yourself from the venue. The idea is; ensure you do not overwork or overthink a situation more than you should instead secure the ability to interact with the same people or person again.

Life after Writing

 After spending a couple of years in the career it is apparent that it gets the most of you. You want to keep up with bills and those with loved ones you have another mouth to feed so at some point it is overwhelming especially if you don't have a steady supply of orders/work. I don't want to even get to life after the outbreak and all places that shut down. So it is important to know what to do if nothing works in the writing field or how to live after writing. Some of the issues that are real include:

1. Socialization

Life behind the desk doesn't make you the most available person for a cup of tea! If you are not looking for writing opportunities, you are writing and if you are not writing... etc. I learnt I never had a social life which was not the best thing for someone who was looking forward to settle down in some country home later in life. 

Let's be honest for once, in writing we don't have a life besides the life in words and being behind the screens. So it's not your fault you haven't learnt how to deal with difficult situations especially how to talk to people out there and those who don't seem to be "nice!" This can take a toll on someone. It is important to consider taking a walk every day and make some visits or at least make sure the sun rises as you always knew by going outside!

2. Alternative ways of Earning

I know writing can be an only source of income but most of the time it can have a low season and another way of earning could be a way home. So if I were you I would consider trying another hustle or if writing has been sufficient try something else even if it's gardening. Such should keep someone open to what works.

3. You can always jump to job seeking

No one hates this statement like someone who's been in the field, knows it works & you have earned your living. The truth is if you have graduated from some institution consider pitching your CV wherever you get the chance. It's a world full  of many openings and you never know where yours is.