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Life Area: Professional \u00a0 <\/strong>
\nTopic: Career Success
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Career Advice from Tom Hanks<\/h3>\n

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Toward the end of Tom Hank\u2019s 2020 Golden Globe acceptance speech, Hanks shared a 3-step formula for success that he learned decades ago. It’s simple and brilliant–and could completely change the way we work.<\/p>\n

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He’s widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of all time. So, when\u00a0Tom Hanks shares career advice,\u00a0we all do well to listen. In his acceptance speech, Hanks repeatedly got choked up as he thanked his family, co-workers, and several notable actors and directors. After all, Hanks said, “you’re a dope if you don’t steal from everybody you have ever worked with.”<\/p>\n

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But it was toward the end of Hanks’ seven-minute speech when the famous actor dropped the real golden nugget.<\/p>\n

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Hanks shared a story of when he worked in his first professional job, as an intern at the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival. Hanks said he\u00a0and his fellow interns showed up to rehearsals after doing a little too much partying the previous night. The director wasn’t having it.<\/p>\n

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“He screamed at us,” said Hanks. “You know what your job is?” the director asked. “You have got to show up on time, and you have to know the text, and you have to have a head full of ideas. Otherwise I can’t do my job.”<\/p>\n

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And there it is, a simple, brilliant,\u00a0three step-formula for success:<\/p>\n

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Show up on time, know the text, and\u00a0have a head full of ideas.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hanks says “that was the greatest lesson a young actor could possibly ever get.” But in reality, the wisdom in that single line will do wonders for your career, regardless of what industry you work in.<\/p>\n

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Let’s break it down.<\/p>\n

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Show up on time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>“Showing up on time is one of the greatest liberating acts you can give yourself in a movie,” explains Hanks.<\/p>\n

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“That means those people with radios in their ears don’t need to knock on your door and say they’re ready for you. You’re actually already ready. And you have the liberty, and you have the freedom of being there early enough to settle down–because when the time comes, you have to hit the marks, and you have to ‘go there.'”<\/p>\n

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This lesson extends far beyond a film set. Being on time, or “early enough to settle down,” as Hanks calls it, is a key way to develop\u00a0emotional intelligence,\u00a0because of everything it does for us and the people we work with.<\/p>\n

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For example, being early gives us enough time to:<\/p>\n