Sam Hargrave Quotes

I never really marketed myself, so each job I was given was a new marketing tool, and that would be the way I marketed myself.

I was never much of a networker.

You always have to avoid working for the sake of putting yourself out there.

You should be accumulating really great relationships throughout your career.

Many, if not most, career opportunities come to you through people you know. So the more people you know, the more opportunities you have. Improving your social network is a great example of a system for moving from lower odds to better odds without having a specific goal.

I built a label at the same time I built a career.

At the beginning of my career before anything started propelling, I used to blow up everybody. I was trying to work with whoever got next.

Often, the best jobs come out of just meeting people and letting one thing lead to another.

I have always tried to market myself.

The thing is, I wasn't surrounded by lots of people who were helping me build a career.

I tell people in their careers, 'Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.'

I sacrificed six years in L.A. I did my job out here. I made contacts and did the work I had to do.

My 6 years with Murdoch were pivotal for my entire research career.

The whole goal for me with my career is just follow good projects and good parts and challenge myself as much as I can.

I'm thrilled with how my career is evolving.

If my career isn't going that well, I'd rather it flounder than desperately trying to show up on red carpets: 'I'm for hire! Remember me!'

David Moyes was one who, at a certain crossroads in my career, he was there. And since then, I've kicked on. That's why he played such a big role in my career.

My advice to young people is to get something that's growing because that's how you get career opportunities thrown at you that you don't deserve, if you will... that come at you early because the firms need you.

There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.

One of the first things that I did was, I got myself a publicist as soon as 'Maria Full of Grace' premiered in July, so that I could go and meet people that I wanted to meet: the writers and the directors and the people that are doing things.

Image is the most important thing about someone's career and longevity.

I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better.

Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.

If you're early on in your career and they give you a choice between a great mentor or higher pay, take the mentor every time. It's not even close. And don't even think about leaving that mentor until your learning curve peaks.

'I' is bound to have an impact on my career.