I have one rule at the gym. At any point, I'm allowed to skip the workout, as long as I show up and start it.
What this means is simple. If I go and do one set, that's totally fine. But I have to go and do the set. And if after that one set I'm done and I don't want to do another, I have every right to get up, rack the weights, and walk out the door.
Here's the thing:
I almost never leave after one set. Once I'm there, warmed up, with one set in the bag, the momentum takes over and I finish the whole workout. Starting is the hard part. The rest mostly takes care of itself.
Job seekers should treat applications the exact same way.
You've got to do the little inputs every single day. Open the laptop, find one role, send one application. If after that one you really don't want to do any more, fine. Call it a day. But usually, getting that one thing going is enough that you keep going and actually hit your quota for the day.
More to the point:
Most job seekers today have no idea how many applications a single job gets. When we post a remote role, we get about 700. It's no longer 2007, when you could apply to 20 jobs, get 10 callbacks and 5 interviews, and walk away with an offer. It just doesn't work that way anymore.
So you can't apply once in a while when you feel like it. You need a system you show up to every day, even when it's just one set.
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