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\"DMSMy father graduated from Harvard Business School in 1958. He really, really wanted me to go too. I took a swipe, applying to HBS in the late 1980s. Rejected! I failed to be allowed to enter via Harvard\u2019s tightly locked front door.<\/p>\n

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Last week I delivered a talk at Harvard Business School. Yes, I made it to HBS, but via the side door. I was invited to discuss \u201cArtificial Intelligence Powered Personal Branding\u201d. This was the third time I\u2019ve been invited to speak at HBS.<\/p>\n

All my life I\u2019ve been turned away from front doors. Upon graduation from college, the big famous management training programs said no. Later in my career, literary agents didn\u2019t even bother to send \u201cno thank you\u201d letters. Speakers\u2019 bureaus ignored me.<\/p>\n

However, I\u2019ve managed to figure out a way to make things work out for the best, primarily via side doors.<\/p>\n

Pick Yourself<\/h2>\n

\"SethSeth Godin has been writing about this theme for years. In Pick Yourself<\/em><\/a>, he says: \u201cOur cultural instinct to wait to get picked. To seek out the permission, authority and safety that comes from a publisher or talk show host or even a blogger saying, \u201cI pick you.\u201d Once you reject that impulse and realize that no one is going to select you \u2014 that Prince Charming has chosen another house \u2014 then you can actually get to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

I graduated from Kenyon College<\/a>, a wonderful liberal arts college in the Ohio cornfields. My four years there were full of adventure, meeting interesting people, finding my way in the world. The courses I took were fascinating, but nothing I studied directly prepared me for a specific job. Instead, I learned to think. And as one of my friends said, \u201cKenyon prepares you to be a good conversationalist at a cocktail party.\u201d Perfect skills to forge my own path!<\/p>\n

The front door is locked. However, the side door is wide open. Do you know how to sneak in?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"David<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n