My Humble Entry (Part 2)

My first few attempts of cold-calling with my first corporate employer was indeed very cold. I often get people who hung up my calls and people who give me difficult questions to handle responsively. Rejection from prospects was usual for me in my first few weeks, believing that I will get my very first appointment. Despite so many rejections, soon enough, I finally got someone on the other line, somehow wanted to refinance his mortgage and insisted to see me at his office.

Now, how would you feel if you were me? Do you feel excited? I persist by making more calls and to hit the right person again and again and again. It's not how good you are in making calls, but how many calls you willing to call so you get luckier. And when each time you fall, you gain something. In John C. Maxwell's book called "Failing Forward" says that achievers reject rejections.

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I was a college drop-out and started my first career dead-broke to sustain my day-to-day expenses. I was 19 at that time. While my ex school mates and friends busy pursuing their higher degrees, I was attending a course from a university called "A Game Called Life". After all, it's free. People pay me to learn and earn at the same time. (continuing on Part 3. You may read my first chapter)

Fear of Failure?

Today I was reading this book written by John C Maxwell called "Failing Forward" and I would like to share this so you can live life to the fullest. Let me ask you 2 questions if you're willing to make difference to your life and others? Are you willing to get out from your comfort zone? Are you willing to take the "fear-of-failure" out of your dictionary? If your answer is yes to both, I would like to congratulate you for taking the risk to be successful.

Mediocre see obstacles rather than opportunities. They live in their fear cycles whereby it'll lead them to inaction, inexperience & inability. Average people think that success is a huge price to pay and that's why they don't put action to their plan.

Achievers see that failure is only a temporary process that will yield success. They see that making mistakes would gain them more experiences. Therefore, experiences gives them the ability to fail lesser. Does it sounds a hefty price?

*John C. Maxwell is a well known international motivation speaker, speaking for Fortune 500 companies and also an author dozens of best-selling books. My recommendation is to get yourself this book, "Failing Forward".

My humble entry (Part 1)

Yes, I wasn't born with a silver-spoon. I worked my ass out to win a better paycheck and hoping a pay raised that could retire me with enough savings one day (in fact it didn't). I believe it's also many people's thoughts are to get a good job, work hard by climbing up the corporate ladder, and save money hoping they could spend at their golden age. What many people are experiencing are office politics, struggling to achieve their appraisals, working overtime before they get promoted or pay raised.

I first started my career in the banking industry where I was given a chance despite with only high school grad certification. I was in the mortgage services selling loan packages to potential high end clients. Yes, with just little experiences in sales I was striving to prove myself as a "street-smart" to my lady boss (till now I still appreciate for her risk to hire me). Serving people in the industry from all walks of life have better train myself in area of interpersonal skills.