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Fast-forwarding to 2023, opportunities for advancement emerged, leading to a new role with greater responsibility and higher pay. Despite recognizing their prior job as comfortable, the allure of growth and challenge led them to accept the offer from a new company. However, they paid a high price for this ambition.
The narrative points to a lack of preparation for the magnitude of the responsibilities associated with building a new business unit. Here, the speaker realizes their mistake: taking on too much too soon, without adequately preparing for the demands of a new role. An additional layer of complexity arose from their limited professional network as a recent immigrant, making the sales and business development aspects of this daunting task far more challenging.