Failing is an inevitable part of creating your destiny, and it gave me the platform to start my own business and follow my biggest dreams. I could play to what was needed from me in the world, and to what I could provide to fulfill the needs of others.Ĭollins: My lesson was to embrace failure and see it as a stepping stone on the way to success. For me, it turned me into the business owner I had always wanted to be, and now I could play to my strengths. It forces you to tune in to what you truly want in a career. I highly recommend losing at least one job in your life because it gives you awareness and an aliveness you don't get when you have the same job for life. No mother, no relationship with my father, no job, and no money. I was 29 years old, and I had nothing to return to. I knew that someday, when I had my own business, these would become solid material for my own people policies.Īrruda: And what came from that miserable, visible failure?Ĭollins: In 2000, I arrived in London with no money, no network and a self-esteem crisis. ![]() The list of don'ts she generated was a long one: don't be mean, don't be political, don't commit and not follow through, don't be dishonest, don't treat people like they're dumb, don't harass, and many others. I used to keep a notepad with me at all times and I wrote down every time she treated someone poorly. I could say she was a poor teacher, I suppose, but the truth is I learned a lot from her. ![]() Eventually she found a way to get rid of me, and I was glad at some level to get away from her. She often used the power of her position to make my work life as miserable as possible, giving me odd projects, assigning me to do other people's work, even attempting to isolate me from other employees she suspected I liked or who she knew were my friends. The classic “Queen Bee,” she firmly disliked me and had no problem letting me know. Arruda: Tell me about one of your biggest failures.Ĭollins: Well, I was fired from my dream job.
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