[dances to Ukwu by Timaya]
Sometimes I catch myself at work doing my little bob because that's the music I listen to
in my headphones. Don't nobody know I'm not listening to a podcast, I'm --
[hits dat Shoki dance]
Hey Youtube world, it's me Evelyn. Welcome to veda day 2.
I just have one question for you. [horrible kenyan accent] Are you working hard, or are
you hardly working?
If you're a millenial and you're struggling with your productivity levels, maybe you're
not even really that talented, maybe you just lack discipline -- uhhh --
I have 5 ways you can seem more grown up at your job.
Unfortunately for me, I hate coffee. So what I do is i put a little juice -- [laughs]
in a mug. And I just walk around with a mug like I drink coffee, like I'm important, but
really it's juice.
It can be cranberry, cran-grape if cranberry's a little too tart for you. Nothing says "entry
level" louder than stabbing a Caprisun pouch at your desk.
In your email signature, you know how you can set up an email signature, and at the
end of every email it'll already like populate it. And it'll have like your name, your position,
a little Bible verse - I don't know what you be putting in your sig-
But a tip to make it look like you know what you're doing in life: put your middle initial
in your name. Include your middle initial. Instant authority.
If you go by Kim and your name is Kimberly, put Kimberly H. Jackson. First of all, you
sound like a Confederate soldier --
Kimberly H. Jackson.
You must be a CEO or something, huh? But if you're "Kim Jackson" - who are you? Friggin
millenial? I don't trust anything you say! What's snapchat?
Tip #3 to tricking people in the workplace to think that you know more than you really
do: you really just have to switch up your language.
"Um, GOING FORWARD, I think that we really need to take some time to ENGAGE those KEY
demographics."
Instead of saying things like "let's look at the big picture", that's so 90s. Nobody
says "big picture" anymore.
"High Level."
"Can you tell me the SCOPE?" ooooh! Scope is another one.
"Can you tell me the SCOPE of this project, just HIGH LEVEL, just some key high level
points."
And for the longest time, I used a backpack, I was running around looking like Cousin Skeeter,
and.
Go to H&M and get one of these bad boys! Huh??! What?? Me??!!
Yes, I didn't change my clothing. All that changed was the bag, bet you people noticed
though! Bet you they did though! You wanna try me??
So while my experience level has not changed, I feel like I'm just more... like I'm ready,
like...is this, IS THIS entry level? This don't say entry-level. Nope! Sure don't!
Take notes. With a pen and paper. When people see you writing and taking notes, they're
like "wow - you're organized, you mean business, you're keeping track!"
Now make no mistake, you really are writing. I'm not telling you scribble -- I'm not saying
like, scribble with your non-dominant hand in the corner somewhere. You really should
be taking notes and paying attention. But I'm just saying that's a really nice touch.
People don't really do that. People go to meetings and they just kinda like stare at
you, you know what I'm saying? So if you're taking notes, people will notice. Trust me.
With those tips, plus of course you know like, actually trying to improve you know, your
skill set, um, you should be well on your way to climb the corporate ladder and get
to where you want to go.
As young people, we're always going to struggle with not feeling adequate or qualified, really
even knowing what we're doing more than half the time.
Sure - go to the bathroom and have an existential crisis and then come back, regroup -- that's
another word -- regroup! Okay, scope - find the scope, what's the scope of the project
you're working on, alright? And create some ACTION ITEMS see I'm just throwing I'm giving
you so many phrases. Action items of all the ways in which you will tackle uhhh the things
on your to-do list and then go forth and prosper.
If you have any tips about how to find success and achieve your goals in the workplace, go
ahead and leave a comment. Here in the atmosphere, you can click to see yesterday's veda video.
See you on the internet somewhere, bye!!
[sneezes. "Hallelujah!"]