Being fired from first job in a month was the best thing that happened to me.
I was a natural communicator so getting fired from my first job in sales came as a shock.
I was called in the evening with my company briefcase that I was so proud to get , asked to hand it over and not come the next day.
That’s it . No reason given . No sweetie talk before firing.
I was devastated.
I had just begun my career and I get fired in a month.
I could not sleep that night and the next few nights. I was dejected , angry , wanted to hit back.
✔️ I took that anger to master sales
✔️ Read every book I could get
✔️ Invested in audio CDs that I played again and again
In my next job as product as a product executive, I created record sales , got promoted to branch manager leading a sales team .
We broke all records and became a role model branch .
I got promoted as regional manager and also was asked to train all sales teams.
I went on to head marketing and sales in that organisation.
As head of marketing , I scaled the business from 10 to over 120 branches and feature in top 10 in the industry.
Getting fired had shaped me to become the best in my field.
When I did my first startup money ran out , we had to pivot , the same experience .
Started from the scratch built multiple ventures , wrote books , made 10 short films , built communities..
I have been fired many times in my career , sometimes I have fired myself.
( Every time I get into a comfort zone I fire me)
Getting fired is not the end of life , I always see it as a beginning of a new exciting chapter.
I have always come out better, it’s never been a waste of time .
Building a social commerce platform and onboarding thousands of merchants was a learning experience that helped me support building a health care brand.
Failing in my first sales job taught me the invaluable lesson of listening with empathy.
We are conditioned that failure is bad .It is not.
As an entrepreneur the mindset to learn from failures is most critical.
Many don’t even begin because of the fear of failure.
As my school friend from silicon valley who has done multiple startup’s tells me “failure is a badge of honour.”
If you are fired and you will be sometime in your life , don’t give up , use it as a stepping stone to success.
And don't let your fears stop you from living your dreams.
P.S - I was super scared of falling when I started cycling , I cycled anyway and I did fall many times , I got back to cycle because I had discovered the joy of wind on my face.
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