6 lessons about agency I learned working at an art gallery
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1. It is possible to turn a mediocre job into a great one
The Artist's Garden at Vetheuil, Claude Monet, 1880-81 I was the only person who applied for the job at the gallery because it was so shitty: it was basically selling coffee all weekends with lousy pay and no vacations during summers. But in 2021 we had recently moved to Denmark, so I had no professional network and didn’t speak the language, and Rebecka had just been born, and we needed the money—so I couldn’t be picky. I also felt that the place had, as real estate agents say, “good bones”: it was beautiful, they had 6 exhibition halls, and it was a 25-minute bike ride from home. For…
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