Fantastic Fifteen #11

Hello happy people! :)

Happy Tuesday! For our eleventh quote and the weekly post, this (missed) opportunity (but still an opportunity) could not have happened at a better moment. And our dearest Thomas Edison could not know better himself.

NUMBER Eleven :

"I Have Not FAiled. I've Just Found 10,000 Ways That Won't Work."

~ Thomas Edison.

This week has been quite eventful. Nothing too big, but not the usual regular week either. A golden opportunity was opening up for me. I got contacted by a head hunter from Indeed, awesome guy with an awesome vibe. Can you guys fathom that feeling? We all look for jobs on Indeed and I got contacted for a potential position for Indeed! Anyways, I was super nervous but also enormously pumped up about being able to work for them. The moment I walked in their office, I knew all I wanted for my career was a similar atmosphere. It’s a huge open space with no walls in between co workers and I could already feel how comfy it would be to work there. It would not be a job you would dread going every morning once you wake up.

I had a phone interview. And a few days following that, I got a face to face interview with two of their managers. Unfortunately, I did not make the cut. I got outshined and I won’t lie, I was pretty bummed out and deceived in myself. I always believed that my values, efforts and work ethics would get me anywhere. And I still think like that. Instead of letting myself down, I’m using this refusal to boost me up. I welcome more and more interviews and I am more than prepared for more refusals after each interview, because not only will I feel more motivated to show the next company how much I’m worth, but with all these interviews, I would soon be called the Queen of Interviews. Knowing what to say, when to say it. Knowing how to get on their good side and providing them with what they want and expect from their new hire.

It is going to be a tough path if I am having lots of interviews and no good feedback. However, I just graduated and I am still a strong believer of karma. I have so much to learn about the professional world. I also think that whatever energy you put out there is what you get in return. Sow good seeds with genuine love and care and you would harvest a great voluminous leafy tree with the best juiciest perfumed fruit ever. But sow rotten seeds with a negative energy and you would be stuck with a plant struggling to stand up straight, bare naked because all the leaves are dying and showing no sign of any fruits.

This morning started with bad news, but that is not enough to ruin this warm sunny day. I am set to end this day as happy as I was yesterday, as content as I was before going to bed, as peaceful as I was when I slept. But I am set to be even more motivated than I was last week, even more positive than I ever was. I am still very grateful for this unexpected opportunity, even though I did not end up having the job.

So keep being happy people, send me your good vibes!

I, myself, am sending you great and warm vibes; here, chilling in the warmth of the sun shining on King and Spadina.

Your tanned girl out there,

xoxo