RULE 19
Pay attention to personal grooming
Each and every morning you need to check that your personal grooming is in tiptop condition. Details really matter. You let one thing go and it will be noticed – and it could be the one thing that makes the vital difference between a promotion and a rejection. Make each day as conscientious as an interview day. Before you leave for work check:
- shoes shined and in good repair
- clothes pressed, clean, new, in good condition – no buttons off, no rips, tears or splits
- you are freshly showered, deodorant in place
- hair clean every day – and well cut and styled on a regular and consistent basis
- men shaved – if you have to have facial hair check for straggly hairs, crumbs, insects, fluff, mould
- women made up ...
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