You can answer the question with a task or process or job description.
Or you can answer it with a template that puts the focus not on you, but on others.
What do you do?
I help X do Y.
What do you do?
I help breweries thrive … children recover from poor parenting … neighbors discover a new flavor ….
All meaningful work comes from helping others. So who are you helping? How?
That’s the answer people want to hear and connect with.
Stay Positive & Let’s Try It Again, What Do You Do?
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Garth Beyer is a Certified Cicerone®, Product Marketer, owner of Garth's Brew Bar and a Madison-based freelance writer.
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