I rarely get
the opportunities
I’m trying to get.
Often,
I’ll receive OTHER opportunities,
opportunities I didn’t think
were available.
I’ll apply for a marketing opportunity,
for example,
get rejected for it,
but hear of another one.
I’ll reach out about that opportunity
and land it.
Natasha Rothwell
was rejected
for a part on SNL.
“And then my manager got a call
and said the head writers
wanted to meet with me
because they would like me
to write for the show.
They had said that
my audition was one of
the best-written pieces they’d seen.
And I said, yes!
Absolutely yes,
I would want to write.
That was sort of
the defining moment
of my career.
There was before SNL
and after SNL
in terms of what doors
that job tends to
kick open for people.
It created opportunities
for me that I felt like
I was ready for.”
Look for
the unexpected opportunities.
They are out there.