Morning Family,
I hope you’ve all been doing good.
It has been a busy week for me so far, the kids are back at school, work is getting busier as everyone is now awake from the holiday mood. Well, that is life and it goes on an on, we should just be grateful for our life and believe our best is yet to come.
Today, a quote from one of my favourite actors Denzel Washington caught my attention and the quote goes like this.
“If I am a cup maker, I’m interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.” – Denzel Washington
Focus on what you are doing, and not the critics. Critics never made history, and critics never made anyone’s life better. Focus on adding value in your own unique special way.
This quote reminded me when I was new in the country and jobless, I was busing going to the internet café searching for job online, every cent I got I make sure I reserved some for my next day browsing to the extend that I became friend with the guy that runs the café who on many times allowed me to use the internet at an added time for free and even go out of his way to give me internet time even when I don’t have money.
Most of my friends and my flat mate, used to laugh at me telling me that instead of me to use that money and buy food or spend my time watching movies I am wasting them on the internet café searching for a job, there are no jobs and even before you are considered for any position, they will consider the citizens.
I did not let all these discouragement get to me, I pressed on, focussing on my goal of getting a job, I applied for gazillions jobs and after 4 months of perseverance I got an interview for a Telesales job, which I have no idea how a Telesales environment works as I’ve never work as Telesales agent before as a Computer Science graduate, I have only worked all my life as a Computer Officer, Admin Manager and a Desktop Publisher Assistant. However, I have had the zeal to work in a Telesales or Call centre because of the guys I used to speak to on the customer care lines and those that calls me to sell insurance and all those kind of stuff this makes me to apply for any job that is call centre or as Telesales area.
Before the interview, I have to run around to ask for transport fare and also ask people where the address is and I got lucky I was able to raise money for transportation and I know or I have idea of how to get to the Company.
I attended the interview, it wasn’t good enough remember the position was for a Telesales which I’ve never being part of, the guys who interviewed me I alter know as the one of the co-owner and the second guy the Telesales Manager were not keen about my answers to their questions and I was told, we will call you for the second interview should you qualify.
Second day, I got a call for the second interview and I have to hustle for another transport fare this time I was optimistic because for me to get a second interview meant I have a chance, I was at the address and this time the owner will be interviewing me.
We sat and the interview commend, he introduced himself, and that he saw on my CV that I don’t have Telesales experience however there is an aspect on my CV that caught his attention, I did a research work in school and I should explain to him how this was done.
Told him I write computer programs and as a case study I need to visit a particular Bank or Company, find out how their system works and then come up with a program and present it as my project.
He was very impressed and informed me that he will be creating a Research Department and he will be employing me to run this, I will be doing my research on the phone, email and find out what programme or course people are interested to attend, what they expect in such training and that was how I got employed and gradually I got into the system.
If I had focus on the complains or the negative comments my friends were making, I would have given up and would have never being where I am today.
Let us focus on our goals and forget about what people say.
On a last note, I will leave you with the word of Apostle Paul in the Bible, Philippians 3:14, Apostle Paul wrote “So I run straight toward the goal in order to win the prize, which is God's call through Christ Jesus to the life above”. GNT
Remember, you are you and no one can do you better than you!
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