What do you do?

What do you do? Or What do you do for work?

I spent most of my career in DC and it is more commonly said than hello.

For years it was a horrible question for me to answer. I didn’t feel like what I did fit in a tidy box; my career path too non linear. It just made me wince.

I had to learn how to be able to share what I do now in a way that helps.

Very often you hear “ I do X for Y with Z”. That is good.

But Joanna Bloor’s YouTube here on how to introduce yourself here is even better.

Create a better answer with guidance from Joanna Bloor's work and help from ChatGPT. I’ve adapted it to this week’s Custom GPT, so you don’t overthink it, you’ll answer the following questions:

•        What are your main responsibilities at work?

•        What unique skills or methods do you apply in your job?

•        Can you describe a recent project or task and its impact?

•        Why do you enjoy what you do?

With these answers, it will form a compelling and unique response that highlights the value you bring to your work. You can ask it to tailor the length, the tone, rewrite it for LinkedIN.

But the really powerful part is when you craft it right, and it rolls off your tongue easily; that changes how you think and feel about yourself, and how you act in the world.

It is profound.