This was a tough week for some of my friends – many of whom lost their job in a massive layoff at the company I used to work. I was there for 8 years and surely would have been one of those let go if I had stayed, but 3 years ago my old company and I parted ways due to a new manager who decided he didn’t like me. At the time, it was very upsetting, but the friction in the department was the push I needed to spread my wings. I was not the only one who left, and not-so-ironically my former company decided not to renew the manager’s contract. Thankfully, today I am secure in an even higher position at a company that is actually making money in these tough times.
The point is, if that bad experience never happened, I would not be in the better place I am today. That seaming misfortune was actually my fortune.
