Dec 12 2015

When I graduated from college with a master's degree in economics in my mid 20's, I had little direction or exact idea what I wanted to do. Looking back now, I was always an entrepreneur, selling cookies door to door at age 12, Cokes on the 4th of July at 13, and starting a telemarketing company at age 19, etc.
But at the time, I didn't know what I wanted to do, and real estate was the furthest thing from my mind.
I knew I needed a job (or so I believed; nobody actually needs a job. People need two things: purpose and money; most jobs provide both, but not very well), so I started sending out my resume. I was disappointed at the lack of response. It took me a few months to get a job.

My first real "job" out of college was for a small credit bureau that provided merged credit reports. Their main clients were mortgage brokers. It was owned by a husband and wife. My job was supposed to be marketing/sales. The husband owner kept telling me how these mortgage brokers made loads of money. Guy wasn't too bright, coz right away, I started thinking "maybe I should look into that". On the second day on the job, I was on the computer and supposed to be working, but I took a minute to check my personal email. The wife happened to see me and flew into a rage. She started screaming at me that she is not paying me to check my personal email. She was absolutely furious and yelling at the top of her lungs. It was crazy. This crazy, angry woman fired me on the spot. I had a few experiences like that, but less dramatic. LOL.
Shortly afterwards, inspired by my former boss, I entered the mortgage business, as a loan agent, and was very successful.
Have you ever had a bad experience lead to something good??? It often does.