If You Want Something to Get Noticed, Move It


Rashid was a software engineer working for a Top MNC in India.

Just a few months ago, his life looked steady, leading sprints, fixing bugs, and sharing late-night coffee with his team. Then, like thousands of others, he was caught in a wave of layoffs.


The email was short, almost robotic. By the afternoon his ID card stopped working. By evening he walked out with a box in his hands, his career suddenly cut short.


At first, he tried to stay hopeful. “I have experience. I’ll land something soon.” But optimism faded as days stretched into weeks.


Every morning he opened his laptop and stared at a half-written CV titled “My CV – Draft.” He’d type a few words, then stop. His hands froze not because he lacked skills, but because his mind had already rejected him.


His thoughts turned harsh. The voice was tearing him down.

“You’re not good enough.”

“If you really had talent, they would have kept you.”

“Look around, thousands of engineers are competing—why would anyone pick you?”

“Even if you finish this CV, it will sink into a pile and disappear.”


Each thought chipped away at his confidence. Every unfinished line on the CV felt like proof of his failure.


That voice grew louder each day. He closed the document again and again. Weeks slipped by. The silence of unemployment was heavier than the loss of the job itself. He missed action, missed being useful. Yet he waited—waiting for some miracle call or lucky break. But nothing came.


Then, one sleepless night, scrolling aimlessly through his phone, he came across a line by Seth Godin:

“If you want something to get noticed, move it.”


The words struck him like a spark in the dark. He realized he had been waiting for the world to move first—recruiters, companies, luck. But the truth was sharper: the world would only notice once he moved.


The next morning, he acted. No overthinking, no chasing perfection.

He finished his CV—imperfect but done. He uploaded it to job portals. He updated his LinkedIn headline. He sent a message to an old colleague. He even wrote a small post about a project he was proud of.


For the first time in months, he felt energy return. Not because a job offer had landed yet, but because he was finally moving again.


And then, something happened.


An email arrived from Dubai. A recruiter had noticed his updated profile. They invited him for an interview. Nervous but determined, Rashid prepared, showed up, and attended the interview A week later, the call came:


He was selected.


Rashid was heading to Dubai—for a new role, a fresh start, and a salary nearly double what he earned in India.


He realized something he would never forget:

Losing a job wasn’t failure. Standing still was.

The moment he moved, the world moved with him.