About inspiring people, and dreams coming true

30Nov10

In my previous post, Work vs Passion, I mentioned how I was faced with a tough career (and life) decision and ended up following my heart…

What I did not mention, was how the universe worked together to make this dream a reality. Long story short: In the middle of this year I reached a point where I knew I had to make a few changes, one of them being leaving my current (rather comfortable) position and changing direction completely.

Without boring you with the details, I look back at amazement at the serendipity of events that ensued. A few months ago I became aware of an amazing study opportunity and subsequently had to update my CV. Being a child of technology, I googled “how to make a kick-ass CV” and came across Jesse Desjardins‘ slideshare presentation, Really Ugly Résumés. This inspired me so much that I decided instead of opting for a boring Word document CV, I would also design an online CV…

Not only did I get my (dream) bursary, I also mentioned to Jesse that his presentation really inspired me… And guess what?! It turns out not only did Jesse reply to my comment but he was planning a trip to Cape Town to promote 72 Hours in Cape Town. We ended up meeting for cocktails, had an awesome chat and of course I told him what his presentation meant to me and how it contributed to me making my dream a reality.

This morning (yes, I am awake this early I got a tweet from Jesse saying that he’d updated his presentation, and mentioned my story. How awesome!!! So, check it out for yourself: Really Ugly Résumés.

Click on “View in Slideshare” in the bottom right corner to view the updated version, please!

What is the point of my story? A Canadian born boy living and working in Paris makes a slideshow, posts it to Slideshare, inspires an African girl to make a kick-ass online CV. They meet, chat and inspire each other, tell the world about each other and inspire more people to make Really Pretty Online CVs!

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1 Jesse on November 30, 2010 said:

Mariska, you’re amazing!

It’s hard to make the connection between a hit counter on a presentation and real people sometimes. I’m really fortunate that I met you on my trip to Cape Town, made it all worthwhile

For some reason slideshare isn’t showing the updated version on the embed version. If your readers click view on slideshare they should see the updated version.

Keep up the hard work, it always pays off.

Jesse

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- 2 marketingengineer on November 30, 2010 said:
  
  Thanks, Jesse!
  I’ve copied the WordPress embed link from the updated version… Hmmm, any suggestions on how to fix this??
  [slideshare id=5199866&doc=reallyuglyresumes-100914115858-phpapp02]
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3 johanhburger on November 30, 2010 said:

Hi Mariska, from an electronic/technological geriatric, this is great stuff. I sometimes envy the youth their opportunity to grasp technology to the extent that they do not think it is something special. It’s great to see people doing what their passion and enthusiasm drives them to. You obviously have a broad span of interests and thoroughly enjoy yourself. Keep on grabbing the moments as they present themselves. People like you are destined to be successful.

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