Posted in Networking and Personal Branding on November 6, 2007 at 2:14 am
Check out this article in amNewYork‘s “Career Lessons from Hollywood” column, where writer Nicole Zerillo finds a way to link Denzel Washington to my advice about working a job fair…
Knowing when to cut out the middle man and apply targeted networking strategies is the key to becoming a successful executive. It is also the key to becoming a successful drug king pin, as evidenced in Ridley Scott’s “American Gangster,” the true story of suave Harlem drug czar/civic leader, Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), whose ruthless work ethic and a to-die-for Rolodex was enough to succeed in a tight market…
@ Ryan – thanks for the comment…glad you don’t think of me as the murderous drug dealing kingpin type…
All press is good press!
Hi Lindsey,
I just saw this movie last Friday. I never would’ve made this comparison, but I guess it makes sense…in a distorted murderous drug dealer sort of way.
But hey! Still good press right?