People say that the right connections are everything. I didn’t really believe in that until it happened to me. I thought these sort of things only happen in movies and fairy tales. All it took was one day ; one conversation. It was most unexpected gesture and I am grateful.
Lessons learned :
1) Make genuine connections with people ; don’t use people.
2) Ask for what you want, the worst that could be said is no.
3) Publicly display your particular skill set. Know your strengths and build on that.