The weight of a ballot

Somewhere out there is a child who will live with the choices we make today.

The roads we build, the schools we fund, the justice we uphold are all shaped by the names we shade on a small piece of paper.

So who do we vote for?

The right candidate isn’t the loudest or the most entertaining politician.
The right candidate isn’t the wife or son of a corrupt incumbent.
The right candidate isn’t the one who promises “radical change” but has hands marked by blood.

The right candidate is the one most qualified. 
The right candidate has a clear platform that benefits the greater good.
The right candidate has a track record of integrity.

Still difficult?
Then make it simple.

Vote your conscience.
Vote your values.
Vote for your children.

Small industry, big eyes

The industry is small. Do something bad, and you get blacklisted.

But what happens when you do something good? As in very good?
You get poached.

I’m now on my third company in the same industry.
With the second and my current one, I didn’t even apply for. They found me.

Maybe they saw my LinkedIn profile.
Or maybe it was through competitive scanning.

Probably the latter, since I wasn’t even updating my LinkedIn. Too busy with weekday work, grad school, part-time teaching, weekend church service, and family life. Not to mention trying to be a romantic boyfriend. 

If it really was the latter, then up to this day, I still don’t know who gave a good word about me.
But to whoever did, thank you!

The lesson? Don’t just be good. Be very good.

Because people are watching. And when your work speaks for you, opportunities will follow.

Very good work never goes unrewarded.