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minister as much, if not more, than they did and would be
looking for weaknesses, for openings. To perform well, they
would have to be completely on top of their game, because
everything they said was going to be over-analysed in the
following days. Therefore, what did they do? They practised,
they rehearsed, they got colleagues to act the part of the other
leaders. They did everything they could to ensure that the
responses they gave to all the questions they might reasonably
expect to be asked addressed the points raised, conveyed
the message they wanted the electorate to hear, and were as
watertight as they could make them.
It does not matter what the job is, there is always
somebody else who really wants that job. You should be
thinking, ‘What are the other candidates doing in preparation?
Why do they want that job more than i do?’
You need to prepare more than they do, be more ready
than they are. Whether you are trying to land a job as a prime
minister, as a sales assistant or as a CEO, there is actually no
di≠erence. It is all relative.
Of course, all of this preparation takes time. So, you need
to build the necessary time into your schedule in the period
available before an interview. If you do not do that, you can
predict the outcome. It is true of most of the things we do –
not just getting a job – that with anything you do well, the
chances are you will succeed.
Anything you do in a rushed, unplanned, disorganized,
haphazard way – lack of preparation, lack of planning, lack
of presentation – chances are it will result in nothing. I have
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