Persistence, consistence: these are essential once you have known the door you want to open in life, as Janet Machuka will ask you. Do you mean what you say, or rather do yo say what you mean? If you are not convinced about want you really want how can another be convinced about it? Instability is the main cause of failure, even buildings collapse when they lack stability, so can you also collapse in the job market if you do not know what you really want and how much you really want it?" My first interview at the standard media Group was not good," she recalls. 'Standard media group is a name to reckon with in the Kenyan Media Industry'. "They denied me the chance and gave it to some other students."
During the interview Machuka was asked why she wanted to work at the standard. She told them that it had been her dream for along time. Even on her Face Book page, she told them; she had been introducing herself as an assistant editor at the Standard. However, she had never imagined that a chance to actualize this dream would come by so soon. So when she heard of the ongoing interviews at the standard, she knew she had to be there. It was her chance.
After the first interview she did not get any reply, which obviously meant that she had missed the chance. She arranged again to go for another interview, but after this time again, they did not call her. All the other guys gave up, but she was determined, she returned a third time.
This time when she arrived, the panel exclaimed: "You again?" Of-course, that meant they were melting and crumbling under the humbling fire of consistence and persistence which was burning within this lady. At the end of it she got the position.
That was not the end of trials of conviction, at the job itself, she had to endure several uncomfortable situations and tough correction which according to her, anyone who did not actually want the job would quit just to avoid going through that.
She reminds us as youth, while we may rush to take some jobs, it may be hard to keep them because we actually do not want them but only their benefits. The work place needs conviction and passion to succeed, consistence and persistence with clarity of vision
Being determined, she chose to persevere and establish her name as writer. This gave her chance to publish some articles in the Eve magazine for ladies in the online platform. It came out that some articles were quite a catch, trending on the online platform, in fact, one was still number seven on the trends of the Eve magazine one month after she wrote it.
To her, she still has to write and continue writing. Just google her name, Janet MACHUKA, and you will be amazed at her accomplishments and organization.
At the moment she looks towards writing articles that will catch worldwide attention, selling them to various online platforms including google. Not to mention, she is also setting up her own online magazine where she will have the freedom to exercise higher responsibilities in authorship.
Here is what we learn From this:
1.Never let your chance to attempt go unattended to;
She did not let her best chance go by without her giving it a trial. Youth nowadays even fear looking for jobs in companies of their dreams, they dismiss themselves as unqualified without being dismissed and in this manner they render themselves obscure.
Be sharp and courageous, show yourself up and stand for what you really want. But first, you must know if indeed that and only that, is what you want.
Be courageous enough to believe;
Do not fear to believe, sometimes it is just your courage, willingness and attitude that will drive you to the job of your dreams. Do not just settle for something that does not give you a chance to put all your talents to task, settle for a job of your dream, one that you really love and earn some cash from doing what you love.
There is no giving up on the real thing you need;
Every time you give up on a chance you need to get where you really need to be extents your stay in failure. The faster you react, the better. The earlier you wake up, the earlier you begin seeing your dreams come true. Don't give up while it is day, what will you then do when it is night? When the chance is no longer there?
Want it again even after wanting it the first time;
Whatever you have chosen to pursue should be consistent. Do not change, even after failing the first time, want it again and again until you find it. Never tire of wanting.
Want the same thing once success has been achieved;
Even after succeeding, want the same thing. Stick to your plan. If you sway you might just crumble the whole thing that you have built. Therefore desire to make the best out of what you have. Look for avenues of using what you have to get everything learning well according to plan.
Create the real thing out of what has been offered you;
Do not despise small beginnings. Create the real thing out of what has been offered. When you do a job with passion and dedication, with persistence and consistence, doors will open towards your goal.
Patting shot... start from where you are and what you have;
You do not have to look any far, you always have something to start with where you are. Even if you go for a long journey on foot, you always have a staring point, the only thing you need is a goal. Yo can be happy knowing that each day you have made a stride towards your goal. MAKE IT YOUR PURPOSE TO SIGNIFICANTLY MAKE A STRIDE EACH DAY TOWARDS YOUR DREAMS.
Hehe, greatly honoured though it aint a joke to be exemplary. Good work Bonface
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