I’ve had a chance to field test IS and I have to say it’s literally changed my life, I kid you not.
I’m a freelance contracter in the IT industry, a lot of the contracts we work are shortish term, anywhere from 3 to 12 months usually, so we go for a lot more job interviews than most people. This gave me a chance to test IS in “battle” conditions as it were.
Last year I’d successfully aced a few interviews wearing a combination of IS and A314, what I didn’t know then was that the A314 was part of the dodgy batch from last year and AFAIK was little more than scented water.
So this year I’m up for a new contract. Wearing some freshly ordered IS and A314 this time. The first few interviews sank like a stone, total disaster. One guy even made a comment to the recruiter that I’d said the direct opposite of what I’d actually said, quite bizarre.
So I dropped both the IS and A314, next interview I get a call back. Okay…
Next time I try a little A314 on it’s own. Ooops, distinctly chilly atmosphere during the interview, I never even bothered chasing it up.
Now I tried IS on it’s own…Bingo! Recruiter’s phoning with a job offer before I’ve even left the lobby of the building after the first interview. I go along for another couple of interviews wearing just IS and it’s an almost identical story. I stopped when I had three actual job offers sitting in my inbox as I felt it was getting a bit silly now.
So I’m wearing IS a couple of times a week, it’s a very social office and this stuff works, social interaction now comes naturally and is actually fun, previously it was an effort.
A few weeks into the job and my manager’s manager takes me for a coffee, has a chat and says the upper management would like me to replace my manager, how do I feel about that ?
As you can imagine, there’s a hell of a lot more to this story but nothing that relates to mones. Long story short, I pull the trigger and give upper management the nod, my boss gets fired and I get his job.
I’m not especially proud of that part, he wasn’t especially good his job and he was a bad manager but I don’t think he deserved the boot. But if I’d said no to upper management then my card’s marked, I’m not one of them and the best I can hope for is career stagnation.
I’ve been managing a team of six for a few weeks now, IS is certainly helping grease the wheels both with upper management and the team, a dab of A314 now and again doesn’t hurt either.
I usually wear two sprays on either side of the neck when I wear it, that’s in the morning on the way in, about 15 mins before I get to my desk. I might give one more spray at lunchtime if I think the afternoon is gonna need it.
Adding a spray or two of IG doesn’t seem to make any difference and IH has the self effect of turning me into a happily babbling idiot.
On the social side IS on it’s own is getting a hell of a lot of attention from the girls. I’ve got a phone number and an open invitation from a lovely girl who works in my local bar. Haven’t acted on that one yet, not sure if I will, but she is smoking hot though.
So yeah, IS is definitely the magic elixir for me. I’m resisting the temptation to wear it more often but the effect is addictive.