Why Failing to Land My Dream Job is the BEST Thing That Could Have Happened

You're reading Why Failing to Land My Dream Job is the BEST Thing That Could Have Happened, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. Have you ever failed at something you really wanted to achieve? More importantly, have you ever stopped up to think, REALLY think, about how that incident changed you, from the person you were, to the person you became? The honest truth... I have failed at countless things in my life. After university I was as keen as all my friends to get onto a graduate scheme of a big corporation - it sounded fun and my parents agreed this would be the best way to build a solid, stable career. However, despite my best efforts, oh shock, I never got accepted to any, so instead, I decided to go to India for a year of adventure. Thinking back, my life has planned out very differently because of this. At the time, not getting accepted was a big knock to my self-esteem, but not only am I pretty sure a ‘stable career’ in a big corporation would have not suited me, but I wouldn’t have gotten as thick-skinned and resilient as I am today. Moreover, I wouldn’t have learnt what it feels like to be proud and excited about my own work - it was after my year of travelling and exploring India that I ended up launching my first company. Fast forward 10 years, I’m now running my 3rd company, and I’m not saying it’s been easy (that would be a comp...
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