This first annotation to me heightened the importance and main topic about the entire reading itself. You can see that Debrah Brandt gives you a good understanding that in order to get anywhere, you’ll need a sponsor. That one person or several people can make or break that path that you choose to go down. (PG 556 bottom left)
In order to make connections you need to know people, and in this case Brandt talks about the idea that if you don’t have the “correct” financial/political standpoint, it won’t be out of reach, that it’ll be a challenge that can be completed. Although it can make things even more challenging and help them realize it’s out of their hands from that point on. (559 top right)
Where we stand in today’s talk, everything is political, what you say, who you speak to, etc. All these minuscule implications can cause your career to head in the direction you want, or in the opposite. Things like these can destroy it, and Brandt talks about the fact that you must be known. You must fight, and fight hard because its a competition that everyone wants to win.
Reading/Annotations 44 minutes
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