A Step Forward

As you take the next step in your career, i wish you luck and may this story help guide you in any way shape or form.

When i was an agent i told my team leader i wanted to become a trainer.

I worked hard to prepare myself for the next step and waited for the opportunity to knock on my door.

There were other positions that did but not the trainer post that i wanted.

I remembered applying once for a QA position and during the hr interview, i was asked why i wanted to become a QA and why i applied for the post...i then realized i didn't really want to become a QA and so i bluntly answered "i don't know"

Obviously i didn't get the job duh! :) 

But i was glad that i didn't. 

If I told them the answers they've wanted to hear, i'm sure i would have gotten the position but then it would all just have been a lie. I would have lived miserably working on a job i didn't like in the first place. Lesson learned - be true to yourself. 

A trainer position finally opened and i was very excited.

I did everything that i could to get the job. Countless hours spent preparing, researching on questions that might be asked during the interview and rehearsing my answers to come across as knowledgable and confident.

After the interview process...There were talks that i would be chosen.

Damn! Yeah thats what I'm talking about. Good job! You deserve it. - is what i said to myself.

To my surprise, someone else got the job.

And then my whole world shut blank.

Nothing but pure pitch black surrounded my thoughts. Too stunned to even react in disbelief.

I was crushed! Discourage! Outraged! 

It felt like saving money for many months when you were still a kid just to buy that toy you've always wanted and when finally you've had enough savings to buy it - the last stock was then given to someone else.

Oh well! Sh@t happens...things just doesn't always go the way you want it to. - another lesson in life learned the hard way. But what can you do about it? Nothing. Exactly!

You just have to keep moving forward and i did.

Finally an opportunity came from a different company. 

I applied and was qualified for two positions.

I was asked to chose between a tier 2 agent or a trainer.

The basic pay for the tier 2 agent was 6k higher than that of a trainer.

Without hesitation or any doubt in my mind, I chose the trainer position.

Why? Because i wasn't really after the money. I was after my dream! 

Becoming a trainer was all that i could think of for the longest time and finally its coming true. I would be stupid enough to let it pass.

And so i became a trainer - living my dreams. Oh sweet victory! It was one of the happiest moments in my life. I was very  pleased with what I've just accomplished! I know I'm going to have lots of fun doing what I've always dream of doing and true enough i did! The long hours and hard work didn't even matter to me anymore. 

But i didn't want to stop there...i told my supervisor i want to become a training supervisor and i did.

Then i told myself i want to become a manager and i did - in Live2sell. 

Then i took another step higher and I can tell you this, I'm not going to stop until i reach the very top.

My point is...

Follow your dreams.

Set goals and don't give up.

Find something where you can see yourself happy despite all the roadblocks that will come in your way.

I've faced a lot of difficulties - some are heart and spirit breaking but that didn't stop me from achieving my goals and dreams!

Be patient, don't lose sight of your goals and as what Lewis/Cornelius would always say in the movie Meet the Robinsons "Keep Moving Forward."

Seek for the things that will make you happy and don't just dive in for the money.

Becoming a Trainer, QA or Team Leader is not for everyone. 

However if you feel like this is something that you really want, then go for it with everything that you've got and don't let anyone tell you that you cant succeed!  

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

Walt Disney

I look forward to hearing your own experience and help others as they choose to take the next step.

Cheers,

Sean