twigs
10-13-2007, 12:59 AM
We should never settle for anything less than doing what we love -- write, travel, paint, ski, surf, or any other passion that fills your heart. Of course when we are young a true calling may not have made itself visible yet; and we find ourselves floundering.
Years ago, telemarketing made its beginning with Corporate America. I took a job with a firm known as head-hunters. We sold bodies -- we were paid a portion of the salary a company offered for a good secretary, typist or personnel director. At the time computer programmers were the competitive rage but I had no Internet knowledge back then.
The office Manager gave me a short training lesson. He put the phonebook in front of me and opened it to the yellow pages. “Start with A”, he said with a devilish grin, “and dial for dollars”.
The business of cold-calling is a slow day’s work for a low day’s pay. Few companies were willing to pay for a typist or secretary which was my assignment. Days of doing something unfulfilling doesn’t give any sense of reward. It makes “dreary” sound like a compliment.
My yellow-brick road has been long and difficult, but the rewards have been reached. I didn’t find EmeraldCity, but Diamonds, and the value of generating leveraged income well into my future. Check out my profile.
Years ago, telemarketing made its beginning with Corporate America. I took a job with a firm known as head-hunters. We sold bodies -- we were paid a portion of the salary a company offered for a good secretary, typist or personnel director. At the time computer programmers were the competitive rage but I had no Internet knowledge back then.
The office Manager gave me a short training lesson. He put the phonebook in front of me and opened it to the yellow pages. “Start with A”, he said with a devilish grin, “and dial for dollars”.
The business of cold-calling is a slow day’s work for a low day’s pay. Few companies were willing to pay for a typist or secretary which was my assignment. Days of doing something unfulfilling doesn’t give any sense of reward. It makes “dreary” sound like a compliment.
My yellow-brick road has been long and difficult, but the rewards have been reached. I didn’t find EmeraldCity, but Diamonds, and the value of generating leveraged income well into my future. Check out my profile.