Sharing: Dealing with Career Setbacks

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I was about to be fired from my job waiting tables at a Mexican restaurant when I quit.  I refused to serve more than one jumbo margarita to a pregnant woman and later in the week a burrito platter was knocked from my hands onto another diner’s new coat.  In one case I made an unpopular point, in another, it wasn’t my fault.  However, I needed a night job so I could finish my graduate degree and I was finally getting Friday night shifts (big tips!) after a year at the restaurant.  Financial setback.  And a hit to my morale (“it isn’t fair”).
Previously, during my undergraduate degree, I was a salesperson in the Juniors department at a big department store.  I had a full-time job with a full-time school schedule and was living away from home for the first time.  I was tired.  When traffic slowed down one night, I laid down on the sale table, covered myself with $9.00 dollar t-shirts, and fell asleep.  Until the screams of an unwitting customer looking for a t-shirt woke me up.  My manager lectured me, but gave me a second chance.  But it impacted the trust I had with my manager and my colleagues.  I was no longer on the “high potential” list to become a manager.  I was watched closely, which was embarrassing.
We’ve all had setbacks, whether we made a mistake, or we made a stand, or something happened we had absolutely no control over.  The point is:  what do you do next?  Does the situation begin to stand for who you are, what you can contribute, your outlook on life?  Or do you learn something, make amends as best you can, and move on.  Resilience is a key character trait for a great career.

Author: Jennifer Colosimo, Chief Learning Officer at FranklinCovey
Follow Jennifer on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/jencolosimo

source: Dealing with Career Setbacks

Media Tour

The most anticipated event for February. yeah it was, everybody was busy preparing for this. I was supposed to just assist 2 of my colleagues but end up being with them during the last 3 days of project preparation (short notice ei :D)

setting for the stage... 

Tito, from AMPR oversees the area during the ingress, he wanted a hotel lobby -like are on one corner. So we created a mood board using deep red, beige and chocolate brown  for this look

moodboard

with the lights on

sofa - borrowed from our customer

center table - borrowed from our customer

Carpet - from Carpet world

Hi end Mattresses for the guests to experience

pose muna :D

lab

photos here

Photohunt: Bulky

My share of the theme Bulky, this bulky xx meters long of foam will be lifted by a crane to the cutting machine

 to make into mattress size. :)

More of the theme Bulky here:

Project 52: 2010 - Week 1

In my attempt to start Project 52 again, as part of my 2010 goals and resolutions under Photography, here's the Week 1 photo. A ring that I bought last Christmas, a a big accent ring I'm in fond of lately. With high hopes that I'll be able to make it up to Week 52 :)