Two years ago today, I was called into a meeting at 3pm with my VP, the day after I returned from a 17 day European vacation.
In that meeting, I was laid off along with others on my team.
The next morning, I woke up and listened to Eminem's Lose Yourself as I laid in bed. I literally had tears streaming down my face because I knew what I had to do.
I was going to give entrepreneurship a shot.
Over the next three months I was offered three different Director of Marketing jobs at well known and funded Silicon Valley startups, one of which wanted to pay me a quarter of a million dollars per year.
I turned them all down because I knew what I had to do.
It's been two years.
In that time I've driven millions of new visits and dollars to my consulting clients, sent over $6,000,000 of work to agencies and consultants on Credo, and generated over half a million dollars in revenue for my own company.
September 28th every year I am reminded - do what scares you but is in your heart to do.
I knew that if I took a full time job, even a very well paid one, I'd be miserable. I had to work for myself, or at least fail trying.
Push forward. When a door slams shut, find a window. When that window closes, look for a trap door.
You always have a choice.
Be true to yourself.