Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -Albert Einstein
I’ve been thinking about that statement a lot these days and I’ve decided that I am having a disagreement with Mr. Einstein. I will keep applying to jobs, and I will keep getting excited as I go through the subsequent processes because I am genuinely excited about each opportunity I seek out. And I do expect that I will get an offer from one (or more) of these opportunities.
At heart I have always been optimistic, it’s who I am. I am also pragmatic. And if I can be funny about it, I may even sound out some pessimism.
I believe I am going to intersect with the right thing and it’s going to be great for both me and the organization whose offer I accept.
The Goldilocks connection should be obvious. In the story, for Goldilocks at first it was “too hot,” then it was “too cold,” and in the end something turns out to be “just right!”